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Thread #37854   Message #530891
Posted By: JohnInKansas
18-Aug-01 - 05:59 PM
Thread Name: Music Annotation Software Question
Subject: RE: Help: Music Annotation Software Question
I got something of a surprise when I went back (using my "HERE" clicky above - to check the clicky). I noted that the site also lists several "Passport" programs.

The program I use the most is called "Rhapsody" and was created by Passport. Passport filed bankruptcy, I believe in 1998, and no longer exists, so I was a little surprised to see these programs listed.

My "Rhapsody," along with some other programs, was bought by Coda. They still provide "support" via a users forum, where users can solve their own problems, but they do not sell the "Rhapsody" software.(Finale is their main product?)

Previous web searches for Passport took me to the Coda site and to news reports on the bankruptcy.

Apparently, Passport's "flagship" program, "Encore," was bought by Gvox, who continue to sell it as "Passport Encore." Recent web searches for "Passport" take me only to the GSoft site.

Mystery solved. The big fishes at the little fishes again.

BURP

John