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

[James Moore]

Just to clarify about the "rewrite". I misspoke when I said that OO3 
was a rewrite of OO2. OO3 is not a rewrite, though certain parts had to 
be rewritten, and many existing parts required extensive work, 
especially with the introduction of some major new architecture such as 
the new style system.


-James

Technical Support Engineer
The Omni Group


On Jul 27, 2004, at 6:23 PM, Stephen Chakwin wrote:

> On 7/27/04 6:42 PM, "James Moore" <jam at omnigroup.com> wrote:
>
>> You don't have to speculate about why the schedule has slipped.
>
> But it's hard to avoid since it was such an eagerly awaited event.
>>
>> 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.
>
> Didn't know that this was what you were up to.  A rewrite from scratch 
> is
> obviously a big deal.  Perhaps you (institutionally) could have made 
> that
> more clear.
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> OK.  It seems less than rapid from outside because of early word about 
> a
> potential June release date.  And then it seemed that features that 
> had been
> in play were backed away from.  In the context of a rewrite from 
> scratch,
> this makes sense.  In terms of what I thought we were told it didn't.
>>
>> 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.
>
> I hope you're right about these predictions.  I believe in the product 
> and
> so am willing to believe that all of this is so.
>>
>>
>> -James
>>
>
> Thanks for the detailed and patient (read - engineer's) response.
>
> Stephen
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>
>
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