Finale, the legendary music notation software program, has been discontinued 36 years after its groundbreaking release in 1988 from Coda Music Technologies. MakeMusic, the company that now owns Finale, has partnered with Steinberg to sell its Dorico application at a specially discounted price directly to Finale users. Jason Loffredo joins Philip Rothman and David MacDonald in a comprehensive discussion about the facts, the business analysis, and the way forward for customers.More on Scoring Notes:MakeMusic ends development and availability of Finale; partners with Steinberg to sell Dorico directly [updated]Finale version 27 review: SMuFL and MusicXML 4.0 supportFinale v27 and the SMuFL shuffleFinale version 27.1: SMuFL burrows deeperFinale version 27.2 adds new jazz template, native Apple silicon supportFinale version 27.3 adds eight powerful JW tools, fixes some linked part issuesFinale version 27.4 supports macOS Sonoma, true black printing, other fixesJason Loffredo’s “Conquering Finale” video tutorial series