Should we be worried about the health of Infragistics? In prior years a Vol 2 release would be imminent about now, but we've not even see a Vol 1 release yet! Other than perhaps the Windows Phone stuff, It doesn't look like anything has been updated this year. Has there been a reduction in staff, or just a major shift of resources away from the NetAdvantage products onto something else?
The Windows Forms roadmap seems pretty thin this year too, but perhaps that reflects industry trends...
Yikes, 6 days and still no reply. Please note that I was not asking for a release date. As a developer, I understand that those are touchy.
My question was about your 2011 road map, or lack thereof. When there is a sudden break in the regular Infragistics release cycles we've been used to, it makes us wonder. A lack of explanation leaves even your long-time customers to fear the worst. I would think that renewals are pretty important to you.
It sounds like I'm not the only customer wondering what's going on here.
Hi Ridge, I didn't see a question in the original post ... sorry about the delay in response. With the multiple new products - jQuery CTP, Reporting CTP, Mobile CTP - and all of the goodness in 11.1 that we talked about here, we've been busy :
http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/derek_harmon/archive/2011/04/07/jquery-html5-suite-word-library-network-amp-org-chart-and-much-more-coming-in-netadvantage-11-1.aspx
Are there specific features you are looking for in Windows Forms? That team is alive and well, and we are planning 12.1 / 12.2 right now, so if you'd like to see something in there, shoot me an email at jasonb@infragistics.com.
11.1 is slated for June 6th (fingers crossed, we hit code freeze on the jQuery product last week), 11.2 will come in the fall (usually Oct/Nov), and in between you will see a bunch of other exciting releases - We'll have more major product released this year than we ever have - as well as ahuge web site update:
http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/derek_harmon/archive/2011/03/15/sneak-peek-at-the-new-infragistics-com.aspx
Hope this helps!
Jason
Jason Beres said: 11.1 is slated for June 6th (fingers crossed)...
11.1 is slated for June 6th (fingers crossed)...
Today is June 6. Let's hope so!
Regards, Lello
anthonyqueen said: If I may... If a person had bought a subscription last year at the beginning of June, in expectation of getting the 2010.3, and 2011.1 in the spring (as has been the norm), they would have been very disappointed in seeing the 11.1 release delayed to the point that they didn't get any updates in 2011... not even the smaller release that has been consistent in years past, because their subscription expired prior to the delayed 2011.1 release. Of course, it doesn't affect me, but I can see how it definitely would be an issue for some.
If I may...
Dear anthonyqueen,
I think the updates should have a fixed date (eg January 1, May 1, September 1). If a volume is published June 7, 2011 (as now) the date the volume should always be 1 May 2011. Sorry for my English ...Regardds, Lello.
One point of clarification. If you continue your subscriptions year after year, then I see no difference, as long as we are getting good updates, even once or twice a year. Like you stated, most companies wont upgrade to the latest unless there is a bug fix that their customers are needing, or there is some other real business value to risk upgrading software that is already working fine.
If a person had bought a subscription last year at the beginning of June, in expectation of getting the 2010.3, and 2011.1 in the spring (as has been the norm), they would have been very disappointed in seeing the 11.1 release delayed to the point that they didn't get any updates in 2011... not even the smaller release that has been consistent in years past, because their subscription expired prior to the delayed 2011.1 release. Of course, it doesn't affect me, but I can see how it definitely would be an issue for some.
Help me understand how your subscription is losing value ... you are not getting anything less, you are actually getting more now than when we had 3 releases per year because of the huge amount of overhead it takes to ship software that often. Plus, based on the surveys we twice per year, it is overwhelming the % of customers that update their software once a year, twice maybe, three times very few.
Everything is up and posted guys!
http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/jason_beres/archive/2011/06/08/announcing-netadvantage-ultimate-2011-1.aspx
http://blogs.infragistics.com/blogs/ambrose_little/archive/2011/06/09/the-new-infragistics-install-experience.aspx