OS X Multiplicity
Saturday, April 23, 2005 by XavierBlac | Discussion: Multiplicity
do you guys have any update on when the OSX version of Multiplicity will be available... really want to get rid of my other keyboard and go down to one mail one for my systems...
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bedgin
Reply #42 Tuesday, April 8, 2008 6:13 PM
Reply #42 Tuesday, April 8, 2008 6:13 PM
It's been 6 weeks since you were testing a build. Any updates on your progress?
Thanks!
Thanks!
PurrBall
Reply #43 Tuesday, April 8, 2008 7:37 PM
I can't find that model that supports OS X anywhere
Reply #43 Tuesday, April 8, 2008 7:37 PM
Hey, guys. Look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWIm1klPI5MVideo quality is too bad
I can't find that model that supports OS X anywhere
DorkCoffeez
Reply #44 Wednesday, April 9, 2008 1:46 PM
Reply #44 Wednesday, April 9, 2008 1:46 PM
Sorry we are launching some major software pushes today and next week. No news yet about beta tests for the update.
Ron Polak
Reply #45 Sunday, April 13, 2008 6:19 PM
All you offer us are lame excuses. You're always busy doing something else - moving office; working on other "more important" software releases; transitioning to new OSes, platforms etc etc.
When the OS X version of Multiplicity was announced, Vista wasn't even in beta, Panther was the current Mac OS and Apple had just announced they were migrating their hardware to the Intel processor.
Reply #45 Sunday, April 13, 2008 6:19 PM
All you offer us are lame excuses. You're always busy doing something else - moving office; working on other "more important" software releases; transitioning to new OSes, platforms etc etc.
When the OS X version of Multiplicity was announced, Vista wasn't even in beta, Panther was the current Mac OS and Apple had just announced they were migrating their hardware to the Intel processor.
DorkCoffeez
Reply #47 Monday, April 14, 2008 11:31 AM
Reply #47 Monday, April 14, 2008 11:31 AM
I was happy to help with the explanative on your post there.
Stardock does not want to delay the release of the OSX update, but for many reasons we have had to. We have a responsibility to our current software and we have to prioritize. We are a PC software company after all. I really am sorry that it is an inconvenience at this time but it isn't delayed out of laziness, but simply priority. We still intend to deliver on the product but a unknown amount of time could be needed. For now all we can do is continue to work on it until it is ready for beta release.
Please know that it has to work with all clients and as soon as even one changes the whole thing has to be updated.
I'm sorry that these explanations are not enough but they are the truth and all I can provide until a build becomes available to the public.
Stardock does not want to delay the release of the OSX update, but for many reasons we have had to. We have a responsibility to our current software and we have to prioritize. We are a PC software company after all. I really am sorry that it is an inconvenience at this time but it isn't delayed out of laziness, but simply priority. We still intend to deliver on the product but a unknown amount of time could be needed. For now all we can do is continue to work on it until it is ready for beta release.
Please know that it has to work with all clients and as soon as even one changes the whole thing has to be updated.
I'm sorry that these explanations are not enough but they are the truth and all I can provide until a build becomes available to the public.
Rusty-Dog
Reply #48 Thursday, May 8, 2008 11:23 AM
Reply #48 Thursday, May 8, 2008 11:23 AM
Seabass:
Thanks for your information updates. As you can tell me and many other Mac users are impatiently awaiting the release of the OS X version. I use both Windows and Mac on daily basis and would LOVE to ditch my extra keyboard and mouse and bring both platforms together via Multiplicity. It is a GREAT product on the Windows platform, and I'm glad to hear Stardock making progress on the OS X version.
I understand your comment regarding you are a PC software company, but Mac OS X is not going away and is getting more and more users switching to it every day! So please try to keep an open mind that more Macs are used in offices across the country than ever before.
One more thing...did you happen to notice the posting numbers for BOTH OS X Multiplicity categories? They have more posts in them compared to any other one in this forum. So if there is this kind of a buzz about the product BEFORE it is even in beta, imagine what it will be like once it is actually released! Maybe then you will change your mind-set about being a PC-only software company!!
Thanks for your information updates. As you can tell me and many other Mac users are impatiently awaiting the release of the OS X version. I use both Windows and Mac on daily basis and would LOVE to ditch my extra keyboard and mouse and bring both platforms together via Multiplicity. It is a GREAT product on the Windows platform, and I'm glad to hear Stardock making progress on the OS X version.
I understand your comment regarding you are a PC software company, but Mac OS X is not going away and is getting more and more users switching to it every day! So please try to keep an open mind that more Macs are used in offices across the country than ever before.
One more thing...did you happen to notice the posting numbers for BOTH OS X Multiplicity categories? They have more posts in them compared to any other one in this forum. So if there is this kind of a buzz about the product BEFORE it is even in beta, imagine what it will be like once it is actually released! Maybe then you will change your mind-set about being a PC-only software company!!
DorkCoffeez
Reply #49 Thursday, May 8, 2008 4:31 PM
Reply #49 Thursday, May 8, 2008 4:31 PM
Rusty-Dog. You might find this odd, but I too am a Mac user. It is one of the reasons I have been so active in this thread. What I have said really is the case. I have only been a bit confusing on the matter because I am trying to be diplomatic, as every good company rep should be. My last statement wasn't even to deflect attack in anyway, it was a simple and honest telling of the facts to keep you all in the loop.
What I would really like to tell you is that we have so much going on it would blow your head to hear it all. Thanks to the NDA that won't ever be possible until the higher ups say it is ok, or we actually launch what I am referring too. Suffice to say it is a really big deal and I am very excited about all of it.
Stardock has no interest in alienating the MAC users by delaying this release. It would be a large boon to update the MAC portion as soon as possible. However the developer on Mutli is the developer on several projects like WindowBlinds for one of many examples. That software is being used in multiple software packages and business deals. The kind that reach millions and millions of users. You, everyone else here, and myself only make up 7% of North America as MAC users. We as a company have a very broad responsibility to all our customers here and world wide. We intend to do the very best that we can.
I really am sorry for the trouble in this matter. I could give countless apology speeches on the matter, and so far I have, but it won't make it come any quicker. The developers and management are aware of the demand and read these forums. No one is ignoring this request. I make remarks here to remind people that we are not ignoring this. We are just swamped and in a moment of extreme growth. Please be patient.
What I would really like to tell you is that we have so much going on it would blow your head to hear it all. Thanks to the NDA that won't ever be possible until the higher ups say it is ok, or we actually launch what I am referring too. Suffice to say it is a really big deal and I am very excited about all of it.
Stardock has no interest in alienating the MAC users by delaying this release. It would be a large boon to update the MAC portion as soon as possible. However the developer on Mutli is the developer on several projects like WindowBlinds for one of many examples. That software is being used in multiple software packages and business deals. The kind that reach millions and millions of users. You, everyone else here, and myself only make up 7% of North America as MAC users. We as a company have a very broad responsibility to all our customers here and world wide. We intend to do the very best that we can.
I really am sorry for the trouble in this matter. I could give countless apology speeches on the matter, and so far I have, but it won't make it come any quicker. The developers and management are aware of the demand and read these forums. No one is ignoring this request. I make remarks here to remind people that we are not ignoring this. We are just swamped and in a moment of extreme growth. Please be patient.
Ron Polak
Reply #50 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:01 AM
Reply #50 Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:01 AM
I can't believe what I'm reading. If management is aware of the demand and reading this forum then all I've got to say is you need new management because management is obviously not managing!!!
Do you realise that in a little over one month this thread will be THREE YEARS OLD!! In that time we've heard everything from "we're beta testing" to "we're moving" to "we're busy"! That's three years of patient customers asking for more information only to be told to be more patient.
Why don't just cut the crap and either release a timeframe or admit that it's vapourware?
Do you realise that in a little over one month this thread will be THREE YEARS OLD!! In that time we've heard everything from "we're beta testing" to "we're moving" to "we're busy"! That's three years of patient customers asking for more information only to be told to be more patient.
Why don't just cut the crap and either release a timeframe or admit that it's vapourware?
Ron Polak
Reply #51 Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:03 PM
Reply #51 Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:03 PM
I just realised I made a big mistake.
The start date for this thread was not June but April 2005 which means that our third anniversary has come and gone without the appropriate acknowledgement. So happy anniversary everyone.
We're now into our fourth year of waiting!!
The start date for this thread was not June but April 2005 which means that our third anniversary has come and gone without the appropriate acknowledgement. So happy anniversary everyone.
We're now into our fourth year of waiting!!
Hyp3rVyp3r02
Reply #52 Friday, May 30, 2008 10:52 PM
Reply #52 Friday, May 30, 2008 10:52 PM
Personally, I'm fine with waiting. I know how software development goes, and they wanna get all the bugs worked out before they release it. For now, I'm fine using synergy with my PC and Mac, it works and that's all I need. As soon as Multi is released for Mac, I'll jump ship. Just realize that it's not as simple as "boom it's done and works on your mac"... they're gonna have to support intel and PPC macs, and most likely they're going to want to support Leopard and Tiger, and programming on mac is a different case than pc. There's a lot of things you should take into consideration before you go off getting all pissy. Look how long Vista was put off for release, granted it wasn't as long, but they had a hell of a lot more devs working for them than Stardock does on Multi.
Ron Polak
Reply #53 Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:34 PM
Reply #53 Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:34 PM
Vista is an OS not a single function utility!! You must be sleeping with someone at Stardock to believe that crap.
IMO, the devs working on Multi - as you put it - is 0. Stardock just won't admit it! That's why I'm "pissy".
IMO, the devs working on Multi - as you put it - is 0. Stardock just won't admit it! That's why I'm "pissy".
jasonhuff
Reply #55 Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:07 PM
Reply #55 Tuesday, September 30, 2008 1:07 PM
Bumpage....come on kick their arse Seabass. Compared to Synergy, any beta from Stardock has to be better than any open source community driven product. You have to go to 2 or 3 different websites to get the version you need for Synergy to work on Windows and Mac. Even then, you need more than a passing interest to get it configued to work. If you have guys have a functional beta, hook us up, even if it's limited to platforms/kernal versions.
Help us Seabass, you're our only hope 
/em takes off the Princess Leia danish styled earmuffs.
DorkCoffeez
Reply #56 Thursday, October 2, 2008 12:27 AM
Reply #56 Thursday, October 2, 2008 12:27 AM
Thank you Jasonhuff. There is new hope on the horizon since I brought this all to question again to the developers.
I won't bring up details but I'm bound to be flamed again for even responding. I am simply posting to make people who ask kindly (and with pop culture referance) that I am not ignoring this thread.
Thanks to this thread though I will make one promise in this regard:
I will scream it from the heavens when Multi is Mac ready.
jasonhuff
Reply #57 Thursday, October 2, 2008 5:35 PM
Reply #57 Thursday, October 2, 2008 5:35 PM
/flame off I understand what it's like to work in a development cycle that spins faster than the people implementing it.
Ron Polak
Reply #58 Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:49 AM
Reply #58 Thursday, October 9, 2008 12:49 AM
Scream it from the heavens?? Given the way it's going, I hope you don't mean as a permanent resident 
DorkCoffeez
Reply #59 Thursday, October 9, 2008 5:23 PM
Reply #59 Thursday, October 9, 2008 5:23 PM
Ron Polak
Scream it from the heavens?? Given the way it's going, I hope you don't mean as a permanent resident
Thank you for your concern but I do work tech support. For something like that one would also have to get in line. 
Ron Polak
Reply #60 Wednesday, December 3, 2008 9:26 PM
Reply #60 Wednesday, December 3, 2008 9:26 PM
Well here we are again. Another year nearly gone and still no OS X client for Multiplicity.
If there is anyone out there who is fed up with waiting for the OS X client, it's time to make some noise. I'm in Australia which limits the access I have to the people at Stardock. But if your in the US why don't you start hammering SD with phone calls or faxes. Anything to get the message across or at least get them to admit it's vaporware.
If the Bangkok airport protestors can force a change in government, surely we can get SD to pull their fingers out an come clean.
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Reply #41 Saturday, March 8, 2008 3:25 AM