Development traffic jam!
Development not slowing down, communication has!
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
If it seems like things have slown down in the past few months, it's because it has. But not in terms of development What's been slowed down is our ability to actually release/deliver things.
We've got updates to WindowBlinds, WindowFX, IconPackager, WinCustomize Browser, DesktopX, SoundPackager, LogonStudio, SkinStudio, a couple new premium suites, new fish, new gadgets, ThinkDesk components, ObjectBar, Control Center, Multiplicity, KeepSafe, and a bunch of other stuff.
So what's the deal? That stupid game, Galactic Civilizations II, has eaten up so much of Stardock's internal support/marketing/IT resources that, well you get the picture. The good news is that the game's doing very well and we're on a hiring spree so that this kind of thing won't happen in the future.
The other good news is that in the coming weeks, you're going to have a downpour of new goodies to play with! Stay tuned. In the meantime, check out the galleries, some great new stuff from Essorant, ChaNinja and others!
Our goal is to fully build up WinCustomize.com into its own independent "business unit" by the time Windows Vista ships and to have marketing/support/IT resources that are more than capable of dealing with both a popular game and all the other cool stuff. We're hiring in all areas right now. Tech support, marketing, sales, developers, artists, you name it. If you are interested in working in sunny Plymouth Michigan, drop your resume to [email protected].
So I want to issue a hearfelt apology that things have been kind of slow in delivering this stuff. We're working on it. 
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Reply #62 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:05 AM
| DXPro has had it's last update half a year ago. Rightclick ? Bugs, no reaction. Discontinued ? ObjectMedia ? Discontinued ? No notice. EnhancedDialog ? Discontinued ? No notice. ObjectEdit ? ObjectZip ? Discontinued ? No notice. DriveScan ? KeyBoard Launchpad ? Schould I go on ? |
If something has to be updated monthly to count as being actively developed then most software is "discontinued". Should we just do a "touch" on the files, would that please you?
As ObjectZIP and DriveScan, btw, were discontinued and notice was given a lonnng time ago. They're as "done" as they're going to get.
Sometimes software simply reaches the end of its lifecycle. As programs mature, they reach a stage where doing updates for the sake of doing updates doesn't make sense. Keyboard Launchpad, for instance. What about it? It launches programs. It's one of the first things I put on my computers. It does what it's supposed to do. That's the point -- at some point software reaches its maturity and there isn't a lot more to do with it. Resources are then put into things that are still evolving.
But if your threshold on a program being "discontinued" is that it doesn't get updates very regularly then you're not going to be happy. When your ODNT subscription expires, you can decide whether there have been enough new updates at that point to justify renewal. That's the point of having such a renewal system.
Reply #63 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:37 PM
| If something has to be updated monthly to count as being actively developed then most software is "discontinued". Should we just do a "touch" on the files, would that please you? |
I think I haven't to answer that. Maybe we are just too used to quick bugfixes and constructive interaction in the past and have to think different now (Do we really have to ?).
I seem to obviously have overseen notices about discontinued apps in the past and I apologize for that.
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Reply #61 Tuesday, March 21, 2006 6:08 PM
Dang! I'm one of those OD users who thought they were supporting WinCustomize.com!