Hi – I noticed that former Finale users who buy the Dorico crossgrade now will automatically receive Dorico 6 – this makes me feel penalized a bit for switching over as early as I did. Any chance of giving those of us who bought the crossgrade earlier a free upgrade to Dorico 6? Thanks!

Perhaps check out this thread from earlier this afternoon: [image] Dorico 5 to 6 Dorico I bought the crossgrade from finale to dorico 5 . Do I need to purchase dorico 6 now if i want to upgrade?

You have had up to 8 months’ use out of it – and time is money! And $430 off the list price, so you’re not doing too badly.

Apologies for not catching the earlier post. While I understand the comments, my point remains – the Finale users who resisted the crossgrade until now are getting an updated version of Dorico that costs those of us who moved over earlier $99 that the latecomers don’t have to pay to stay current wit…

Makemusic gave a significant Black Friday discount on the crossgrade last November - now that actually made me feel cheated because I bought it early. But that’s just how things go. I’ve had 8 months of Dorico use which means I’ve been able to learn and adapt to Dorico in that time, so I don’t see t…

I’m not very sympathetic to this. It’s been announced for a long time that version 6 would be appearing this year. Obviously updates are going to happen, and people who cross grade later are going to get those for free. I can’t see why you would have any problem with that. Surely you don’t expect…

[image] jonathan3: this makes me feel penalized a bit for switching over as early as I did You didn’t switch over early. Anyone with any sense started using Dorico (whenever possible) years ago. The recent newcomers are late arrivals.

@Tristis Do you really think this is appropriate towards an orphaned Finale user?

I’ve generally felt welcomed and helped on this forum, and I will of course pay for the upgrade in order to have the most current version of the software – BUT the fact remains that if I’d waited 7 1/2 months to do the crossgrade, I would have gotten the latest version for free. Yes, perhaps I shoul…

There’s truth in that, I do remember they conveyed a sense of urgency.

Only in that there was no indication given of how long the special crossgrade price would last, I think.

Dorico 6 upgrade and early Finale crossgrade adopters

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dspreadbury May 1, 2025, 4:51pm 2

Perhaps check out this thread from earlier this afternoon: