Hi Georg,
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Georg Greve greve@kolabsystems.com wrote:
I assume you saw the message that Thomas posted to the backers on the forums in October last year? End of year and beginning of new year are always exceptionally busy times, but past FOSDEM we'll be able to look at this with fresh eyes to put a new team on this.
No, I did not see this, i only saw his update on the Indiegogo page here: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/roundcube-next--2#/updates
which is marked as '8 months ago' which would be May 2016. So do you have a link for this other message from October?
It will happen, and if you really can't wait for your stickers in the meantime, we'd be happy to provide them - we just felt it made more sense to do that together with some more concrete news.
Of course I can wait for the stickers :D I was just a little disappointed in the lack of updates; since funding was reached in summer 2015 there have been only 2 updates on the indiegogo page. Plus there seem to me more people disappointed there, if I read the comments section: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/roundcube-next--2#/comments
Kindest regards, and looking forward for more updates on Roundcube Next in the upcoming period, -- Michiel
Hi Michiel,
On Wednesday 18 January 2017 14:55:48 Michiel Beijen wrote:
which is marked as '8 months ago' which would be May 2016. So do you have a link for this other message from October?
https://roundcubenext.com/topic/24/time-for-an-apology
All backers should have received an invite for that and been told that this is where communication will take place from now on.
Driving traffic to Indiegogo has not really been a priority for us given their performance during the campaign, including outages and other problems, as well as the costs associated (see https://blogs.fsfe.org/greve/?p=695 for more information).
Of course I can wait for the stickers :D I was just a little disappointed in the lack of updates;
All of us are disappointed, but things happen, including personal and health problems which have affected key team members over the past weeks and months.
Fortunately Roundcube Next was started with ample time reserves before current Roundcube would become obsolete. Plus we've continued to work on things that will benefit Roundcube Next development as well -- including Kube and now Alec's initiative to start working on a responsive skin.
So things are moving and there are ways to increase velocity. But that needs some sensible planning. But the success of Kolab has created its own challenges. We really need more hands on deck, for one. Managing that change, while planning more than just Roundcube Next, is a good amount of work.
And protecting management time from interruptions is not always possible.
But the updates to the technical roadmap of Kolab - Roundcube Next included - are in the works right now, and I would expect us to have visible results (so not just plans) this year. But the actual planning of the roadmap I have to leave to our CTO, so until he's done with that, I cannot say much more.
Best regards, Georg
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