Name
Ben and Jonathan Finn, the twin brothers who originally created the software, said they probably named it Sibelius because Jean Sibelius, one of their favourite composers, was a Finn (i.e. Finnish).
The original Acorn version of the software was called Sibelius 7, but the '7' was not a version number; it was reminiscent of Sibelius's final symphony (no. 7). There was also a reduced version called Sibelius 7 Student, which had slightly reduced functionality, and a lite version, Sibelius 6.
For the Windows and Mac versions the company began using conventional version numbers, starting with version 1. The original Acorn names Sibelius 6 and Sibelius 7 have since been re-used to denote versions 6 and 7 of Sibelius for Windows/Mac.
Read more about this topic: Sibelius (software)
Famous quotes containing the word name:
“Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore than name. Are they all alike. I think so.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“What is it? a learned man
Could give it a clumsy name.
Let him name it who can,
The beauty would be the same.”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)