2) Earth is getting more and more hot ...

3) Even when I wait, I don't like to be(come) an ... waiter :-)

I don't think there will be Gamma at all. Thats why they don't answer us to questions about date release. They just don't have anything (new) to tell us...

Anyhow, you're right.  There should be more frequent releases - even with only minor bug fixes - preferably at least every 6 months.

Once upon a time, I'd used a (very good at that time) Israeli genealogical program.

After some years, they passed the way, so that I had to look for another alternative.

I've chosen this program (which has proved itself as much better - untill now).

By the way, today (2009), there is still some uncoverted data (from the previous program company) waiting for manual conversion to GENOPRO.

I "prefer !!!" to think it won't happen again.

There is too much info (of mine) going to be lost forever (as unrecognized by GEDCOM).

Waiting (as all the other) to hear (in the nearest future) some (good) news. :-)

Does anyone know anything about Gamma!?

GenoPro Gamma is running behind schedule.  First, the development of the module responsible to merge concurrent family trees took significant time to develop, as there were several technical challenges to overcome.  At the beginning of 2008, we paused the development of GenoPro to devote our time on a special project regarding the coming economic crisis.  This special project was supposed to take about one year, however it took a bit longer than originally planned.  Rest assured, GenoPro is doing well and there is no danger to abandon its development.  It is precisely because GenoPro is doing well we could devote some of our time on this special project, with the hope we can make a difference for the people we care about.  While at it, I took some time off my schedule to learn more about what is going around the world, such as the Swine Flu propaganda, the Global Warming conspiracy (search ClimateGate) and the financial crisis.  I don’t want to be pessimistic about the economy, but want to tell you the worse is yet to come.  The recession necessary to correct the economic imbalances has not started yet, and the economic fundamentals are far worse than they were one or two years ago.  Prepare yourself for an Inflationary Depression.  If you want to learn more about the economy and where it is leading, read http://mises.org, or listen to Ron Paul (www.ronpaul.com) and Peter Schiff (www.europac.net).  Both have a huge archive of videos to keep you busy for hours.

About 8 months ago, something changed in my personal life: I found a girlfriend.  Well, she found me, and we are in love.  I have been single most of my life, for many years all I was doing was work, eat and sleep.  I could literally work 12 to 14 hours a day, 7 days per week.  Often, I would pack up food and work 5 days straight without leaving my place.  I had no sofa, no couch, and no TV, so I would not waste any time.  This was the “good old times”.  I was very productive and in a hurry to release “GenoPro 2.0” ASAP (btw, “GenoPro 2.0” was renamed to “GenoPro 2007”).  During that time period, I wrote nearly 300,000 lines of C++ code (which represents about over 11,000,000 characters and/or about 6,000 pages if printed on paper).

Now that I have a girlfriend, things are different.  I spent the whole summer with her – I have no regret, as I have been 15 years (from 1991 to 2007) without any vacations.  My girlfriend is very outgoing, with over 400 friends on Facebook and Kontakte.  She is also the president of her scholar association and we have events for almost every evening.  I am very happy to spend time with her and socialize with her friends.  Her friends likes me very much.   I am now 35, the oldest of a family of 5, the only one without children.  I always wanted to have children.  I also want my children to grow and play with the children of my siblings.  My girlfriend always wanted to have children since she was little girl.

As a result, I have less time for GenoPro.  I work more or less a regular schedule, having less time for development.  We now have 587,247 members, and the support workload increases constantly.  People forget their registration keys, their passwords, change email addresses, have problems downloading GenoPro, cannot found the document they saved on their disk and need help to search their hard disk, have lost everything due to a virus or hard drive crash and need help to re-install and recover their files, and the list goes on.  Each day, I have to take care of responding to emails and answering the telephone, for questions before purchasing the product, wanting a refund or being unhappy about to see his name appearing on http://familytrees.genopro.com.  On top of that, the website(s) constantly need regular maintenance (backups, upgrades, fixes) similar as a house or a car needs regular maintenance.  Once those tasks are completed, I can do development and add new features to GenoPro.  Working long hours makes a big difference in the development schedule, because the first hours of the day are for manitenance and the rest is for development.

I am very embarrassed talking about the delay of GenoPro and don’t want to make any promises about GenoPro.  When I planned the release of the Gamma, I had no plans to meet someone special which would change my life.  I am very happy to work on GenoPro and do my best to improve it, however within a normal work schedule.  My brother is working on a Facebook application to integrate with our collaboration module.  We will announce a “beta” when we deem it is ready for people willing to test it.

Sincerely,
-- Daniel.

I was concerned about GenoPro as I have friends and acquaintances who, knowing my passion for family history, are constantly coming up to me and asking for advice and recommendations. Until recently, I had no hesitation in recommending GenoPro but last month a friend purchased it and I felt almost guilty as there was no response from you and was worried about its ongoing future. As I said before, if financial considerations are a problem, I am sure that most customers would not mind an upgrade fee.

Without wanting to get too political in this forum but as you introduced it, I have to say I am continue to be puzzled by your ongoing support for Ron Paul, a man who among other things minimises the dangers of swine flu and irrresponsibly encourages people not to get vaccinated, and who has a track record for eccentricities. There are many far better qualified Republicans and economists with different views on the economy who I would rather listen too.

Please contact your friend and ask him/her to resend the question.  I receive a lot of emails and sometimes an email is accidentally put in the wrong folder.

Everyone has the right to express their opinions.  Ron Paul may be considered excentric by many, however his message is the same as the Founding Fathers of the United States Constitution.  The people who wrote The Constitution were also excentric to have faith in individual liberty.

About the Swine Flu, what is your opinion regarding the page at http://www.genopro.com/swine-flu/ 

Regarding your point in wanting to see a road map, I have also requested a Development Plan in the past but, as far as I am aware, non has ever been posted.

Bob.

What features are being worked on?

What is the percentage complete of said features?

What are the future plans for Genopro, if any?

I don't think these questions are too much to ask, especially since many of Genopro's users are avid fans and would love nothing more than to introduce new users to the software. However, it is hard to 'feel good' about recommending something when that something's future is very much unknown, despite many requests for more information.

It just makes me sad because I love the program so much and have spent literally hundreds of hours making my (quite large) chart look very beautiful and interesting.

Patch

The collaboration module also handle pictures, so you can send pictures along with the family tree.  Oh, GenoPro can also display pictures in the family tree.

For instance:
Name, Last Name,
Date of Birth, Place of Birth
Date of Marriage, Place of Marriage,
Date of Death, Cause of Death, Place of Death, Place of burial

I think it would be great, that we could display more data (at same time) on genogram. I personally really miss this option

P.s. When can we expect new GenoPro?

One thing which contributed to the delay is my personal life: I am getting married.  Today I signed the papers to announce our marriage.  Before I had a girlfriend, I was working, eating and sleeping.  My appartment only had a desk and a bed, with no TV and no couch.  I had no vacations from 1991 to 2007.  I am glad I met my girlfriend later, otherwise there would have been no GenoPro.  The amount of work to develop GenoPro remains an accomplishment.  Next month I will be 36. I am happy to have found a great woman to share my life with and have a family.  Unfortunately, I cannot work as before (during days, evenings and weekends).  The good news is Jean-Claude and I are working full time on GenoPro and we have exciting features coming for you.

Even if you always want something more!