GenoPro Home
GenoPro Home  |  Get Started With My Genealogy Tree  |  Buy  |  Login  |  Privacy  |  Search  |  Site Map
 

GenoPro Support Forum




Is it time to move on?

Click to view RSS...
Author What is the future of GenoPro?
Posted Monday, May 13, 2013 - Post #31797
Forum Guru

Forum GuruForum GuruForum GuruForum GuruForum GuruForum GuruForum GuruForum GuruForum Guru

Customers
FamilyTrees.GenoPro.com
GenoPro version: 3.1.0.1

Last Login: 2 days ago @ 5:44 AM
Posts: 142, Visits: 1,214

I have been aGenoPro user from almost the beginning and I have enjoyed countless hours researchingand using it to set up my family tree and introducing others to it. My effortshave been rewarded with my ultimate aim, the publishing of a book on my familygenealogy, which would have been impossible to produce without GenoPro.

I have now reachedthe point where I must make a decision. My two sons are reaching the age wherethey may have children and are starting to show more of an interest in our tree.I would like to pass onto them the results of my labours but also on a platformwhich has a future with the potential for ongoing development and regularreleases. I ask myself the question “is it time to move on?”.

It has been sometime since the last release and I have no idea when we can expect the next oneor what will be included in that. A number of customers in the past have soughtanswers to the same questions and asked for a development plan (I myself askedfor one back in 2009!) with little or no response from the developers. The “Suggestion,Wish List and Feature Requests” thread is full of ideas from customers requestingchanges, corrections, improvements, etc., which are rarely even commented on.There are reasonable requests here going back years with not even an indicationof whether they will ever be actioned or not.

It has also been noticeablethat some of the regular, established members of the forum no longer contribute.I also feel that the input from the developers into the forum has also dropped,with the major contributions coming from Ron and Appleshaw. Is there a generalfeeling that GenoPro is dying and have others already moved on?

I and the otherpurchasers of GenoPro have done so in good faith with the expectation of regularupgrades and I feel are entitled to know if GenoPro has a future or if theyshould consider moving to another platform. I myself have invested countlesshours into its use and have no desire to move to another product. However, if thereis to be minimal or no development, and releases are to be at the present rate,there may be no option.

Therefore, I wouldlike to request the developers to invest a bit of time in either issuing adevelopment plan for the next few years or at the very least, a seriousstatement of intentions, specifically an honest appraisal how they see thefuture of GenoPro.


Threaded View

Expand / Collapse
Threaded View
Forum Post Is it time to move on? By bogistad ( Monday, May 13, 2013 )
Forum Post I guess there is no hope that this will ever be compatible with Apple... By 663560 ( Monday, July 11, 2016 )
Forum Post There is hope. We will post a public Alpha version of GenoProX this... By GenoProSupport ( Monday, July 11, 2016 )
Forum Post Anything we should know with regard to set up, i.e.path to original... By maru-san ( Monday, July 11, 2016 )
Forum Post Sorry for the long delay. GenoProX Alpha is available at... By GenoProSupport ( Monday, July 25, 2016 )
Forum Post I have just installed GenoProX Alpha and tried it out. Either I... By 212529 ( Sunday, July 31, 2016 )
Forum Post Have a look at http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/A/alpha_version.html to... By appleshaw ( Monday, August 1, 2016 )
Forum Post We made an update at http://www.genopro.com/download/GenoProX/... By GenoProSupport ( Thursday, August 4, 2016 )
Forum Post Thank you for clarification. Also great to see update on progress. I... By 212529 ( Sunday, August 7, 2016 )
Forum Post [quote][b]212529 (07-Aug-2016)[/b][hr]Thank you for clarification.... By Jakk ( Wednesday, August 10, 2016 )
Forum Post After re-reading Daniel's reply from July of last year, and finally... By Jakk ( Thursday, November 6, 2014 )
Forum Post Agree with sentiments above, this program is too good to let go. There... By waveydavey49 ( Sunday, November 2, 2014 )
Forum Post What makes GenoPro unique for me? It seems like decades since i... By stephen.digby ( Wednesday, October 29, 2014 )
Forum Post Contraryto Bogistad's fears, I'm heartened that so few have... By 328190 ( Friday, September 26, 2014 )
Forum Post I would also love to see GenoPro become an open-source community... By Jakk ( Saturday, September 6, 2014 )
Forum Post GenoPro is not something easy to evolve in it's current status. It's... By jcmorin ( Sunday, September 7, 2014 )
Forum Post It's so sad to see how the development of the software is being... By jim2 ( Wednesday, June 25, 2014 )
Forum Post Has any thought gone into turning this software into an open source... By Robert Barbrow ( Monday, April 7, 2014 )
Forum Post Well, I made my change to RM some time ago,but, I am schooled in... By walr ( Saturday, March 15, 2014 )
Forum Post I, too, would love to see an update to GenoPro, if only for a few of... By Jakk ( Monday, July 1, 2013 )
Forum Post Thank you for your post, Daniel. It is not what I was hoping to hear... By bogistad ( Tuesday, July 2, 2013 )
Forum Post GenoPro has always been compatible with previous release. Even if you... By jcmorin ( Wednesday, July 3, 2013 )
Forum Post I think there are many people who want this project still alive and I... By haep ( Monday, March 10, 2014 )
Forum Post Haep, we all want new updates and releases, and I venture to say most... By bogistad ( Tuesday, March 11, 2014 )
Forum Post If only they had been published as annual new versions, the various... By vlepore ( Friday, July 5, 2013 )
Forum Post Just because something has the potential to significantly alter... By BigO ( Monday, July 1, 2013 )
Forum Post Sure wish I could take credit for Daniel's extensive response. There... By BigO ( Monday, July 1, 2013 )
Forum Post Thank you for your reply. I agree with you this project may sound a... By GenoProSupport ( Monday, July 1, 2013 )
Forum Post I only "found" GenoPro within the last two weeks after chatting with a... By BigO ( Monday, July 1, 2013 )
Forum Post Thank you for your kind words. I understand your concerns and concur... By GenoProSupport ( Monday, July 1, 2013 )
Forum Post I would suggest: sell the concept. There are still a lot of... By Zita ( Monday, June 3, 2013 )
Forum Post [quote][b]Zita (03-Jun-2013)[/b][hr]I would suggest: sell the concept.... By Erhardt Stiefel ( Wednesday, July 3, 2013 )
Forum Post Many computer programs have a regular update policy, which can lead to... By appleshaw ( Monday, June 3, 2013 )
Forum Post First, I love to program, there is nothing else out there like it. It... By waveydavey49 ( Monday, May 13, 2013 )
Forum Post I posted my request for an update on the future of GenoPro just under... By bogistad ( Friday, May 24, 2013 )
Forum Post As a long standing supporter of GenoPro I too am puzzled as to why... By genome ( Saturday, May 25, 2013 )
Forum Post GenoPro has most of the features I'd like already, so I'm not exactly... By HarryCaper ( Saturday, May 25, 2013 )
Forum Post [quote][b]HarryCaper (26-May-2013)[/b][hr][...] feature is 99.9%... By jcmorin ( Sunday, May 26, 2013 )
Forum Post Yes I am happy with the arrangement we have. For the record I was... By genome ( Sunday, May 26, 2013 )
Forum Post [quote][b]genome (26-May-2013)[/b][hr] But Jean-Claude you have read... By bogistad ( Saturday, June 22, 2013 )



Reading This Topic

Expand / Collapse
Active: 2 - 1 guest, 0 members, 0 anonymous.
Refresh
No members currently viewing this topic!