While the technical definition of "out of business" is, as you say is up for debate, your other observations are on target. While I don't suspect that Peaksware looks at Finale as a cash cow (the...

Makemusic did not go out of business and weren't anywhere near doing so. They were a publicly traded company (MMUS) that was taken private when LaunchEquity, which held ~28% of the shares bought out...

Try using "Save As" and use a different name for the file.

i suspect that MM doesn't own the rights to the product. I seem to remember that the Strad & Gofriller products used technology licenced from another outfit and that licence wasn't renewed when...

Basic indeed. This has been a long standing weakness of GPO and it saddens me that it continues in this next version. I suspect that it is somewhat difficult using the Aria player & the SFZ format....