NWE 2.0 has had one of the longest and most involved beta test phases of any product I’ve ever worked on. Earlier this week we released what I hope will be the last beta, beta 9. We have released a new beta about once a week, sometimes more frequently, sometimes less. This is a great achievement for us because in the past our software and our process of doing a beta release were not good enough to allow us to be this interactive with our testers. Martin, Dave, and Andrew have all worked hard to perfect our release process though so now we can decide to do a beta late afternoon and have it out by evening. Our entire engineering team has done a great job of keeping the app overall stable while working on their own parts. I’m very proud of the hard work all of us have done!
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Then it’s nearly two weeks since you released beta #9. When do you think the GM will be ready?
LOL, yes, I’m looking forward to it myself! : )
When I saw the updated page I got a shot of excitement, quickly disipated when my brain actually registered that the banner still said ‘coming’…. argh ; )
Well, we have actually seeded two more prerelease versions to our beta testers since beta #9…so we aren’t done yet. Just remember that if we are updating the web-site now, it probably means something is getting ready to happen. *wink*
I cry foul! Peter Edwardsson is desperately trying to get a leg up on the outrageously competitive “Guess the Nisus Release Date” thread in the forums. Asking you for the release date amounts to insider trading. Don’t let him get away with it!
I will win anyhow. My guess for the release day will be the day of the release and no other day. :-)
Oh, we noticed what Peter is trying to do. I have a feeling he is the one who sits in the back seat of the car asking repeatedly “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?”
Just kidding with you, Peter.
My question is more like “where are we? where are you? where are NWE?” 8-)
When I purchased NWE 1.1.2 I was told “Late Summer” for the 2.0 release. Should we mark September 21 on our calenders?
I hope it will be tomorrow Sept 10.