OO 3 on the way (or not, depending on what you mean by on the way)

[James Moore]

You don't have to speculate about why the schedule has slipped.

We now know that when you re-write an app from scratch you can't also 
decide to add loads of new features unless you want it to take almost 
two years to complete.

The development and testing of OO3 is progressing at a rapid pace now. 
We've got a schedule that is working for us and I believe I know about 
when we're going to ship. I'm hesitant to be more specific about the 
projected ship date because so much non-engineering work is left to do.

I believe that you guys are gonna love Outliner 3. I know its a drag 
that its taken so long. I highly doubt future major releases will take 
so long to complete.


-James

Technical Support Engineer
The Omni Group






On Jul 27, 2004, at 1:11 PM, Stephen Chakwin wrote:

> It's good to hear that it's coming, but disappointing to learn that 
> what we
> had thought was coming in early June with more features lost features 
> and
> slipped back half a year.
>
> I don't want to speculate about why this might have happened or invite 
> you
> and your colleagues to share the thinking with us (which I recognize 
> would
> be an invitation not likely to be accepted).  But I didn't want to let 
> the
> news pass unmarked.  I was looking forward to the new features and 
> hoping to
> have them in use before next year, which now seems unlikely.
>