Legacy 7 was mentioned in August of 2007 ( http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com/2007/08/21/dearmyrtles-family-history-hour-21-aug-2007-genealogy-podcast.aspx ) This is quite a while for people to be waiting. I'm not chomping at the bit merely pointing out some of the history.
On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Garnet Quigley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, "a bit of planning and forethought" and lest we forget a whole lot > more time of course before releasing V.7. Many who commented would have > indicated patience and a willingness to wait for a perfected release and > manual, an attitude I suspect shared by a significant proportion of the > silent majority. But others would have seized on the opportunity to > continue flooding the list with messages asking when, when, when will it be > released, as happened before and after the pre-release was announced. > Trying to be responsive to the crescendo of demands I suspect Millenium > pushed forward the dates for releasing their product ahead of what they > were comfortable with, and I know way ahead of what their developers would > have been comfortable with. To do this not all the intended features could > get finished by the developers in time but at least a working version was > going to be made available. That sort of resolved the when, when, when will > it be released messages as writers quickly shifted to the more passionate > why not me first for a pre-release version. > Any delays caused by revising manuals to match the new realities of the > first release would have excited the when, when, when writers and just > started the whole cycle of messages all over again. And for those getting > hard copy manuals, would you want the company to kill more trees or have to > increase their price to recoup the cost of sending out a second copy when > the skipped functionality does get added? > > Near-perfection is the best software can do and even that takes time. The > compromise between time versus completeness in the first release may be a > good business decision or not, but it definitely shows the company works > hard to respond to their excited customer base. Even when the vocal > components of that customer base challenge the optimal planning and > forethought for the new Legacy product, and force a compromise between you > can have it now or you can have it when it is fully ready. > > I am as excited as anyone about getting V.7 when it is available, and like > the gift that keeps on giving I will look forward to the subsequent > revisions adding the unfinished pieces and other improvements over time. At > least that's my bit of planning and forethought at this point. > > Regards > > > Wynthner wrote: > >> Not really... it *IS* possible to release both a finished product AND a >> complete manual for that product at the same time; all it takes is a bit of >> planning and forethought. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Wendy Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 7:32:10 PM >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] no problems yet...evertthing is great...yea 7! >> >> >> >>> The only real problem with Legacy version 7 >>> is that feature(s) are included in the user >>> manual which haven't yet been implemented. >>> Too bad they didn't wait to put the manual out >>> until all the planned features were workable. >>> >>> >> >> Then you would have people bitching and moaning that there was no manual! >> It's a no-win situation. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Wendy Howard >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Legacy User Group guidelines: >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp >> Archived messages: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ >> Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp >> To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
