There have been others, like Igor Engraver (one of the first with a linked parts feature), Encore (still supported), Graphire Music Press, Mosaic, and a few more. Other products have, or have had a loyal following: Notion was the first to tout the quality of its playback samples as a selling point users of Score or LilyPond believe, with some justification, that those products produce superior notated output MuseScore has the advantages of being free and open-source Noteflight is the dominant web-based product and is wholly owned by Hal Leonard Corporation.
In time, Finale improved, Sibelius came on the scene, and, for now at least, the two programs dominate the desktop notation market. Still, I was hooked, and never looked back. Yet wrangling the score into an acceptable state required patience, persistence, and frequent consultations of the multi-volume reference guide, not to mention frequent calls to the friendly customer representatives at Coda Music Technology (I can still recall my product serial number from memory). To enter music into the computer and not only see it, but hear it played back truly seemed miraculous.
Using Finale at that time might best be described as two parts elation and one part frustration. In return, I received two dimes and a box containing the academic version of Finale 2.0 (I was a student at the time). My journey eventually led to my local music store in Buffalo, where I handed the store’s employee two crisp $100 bills. Afterwards, I recall thinking that there had to be a “word processor for music” to make the process easier. More than 20 years ago I had completed writing out the score and parts to an orchestra score by hand.
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