Originally Posted By: malevans
If it takes so long to achieve what needs doing, then I would seek out the necessary programmers to do the job quicker.


Thank you for the "+".

More programmers will probably not increase the speed of development. There is too much knowledge in the software to enlighten new personnel fast. I had a job once where I helped out in another department one day a week. Usually it was not very busy that day. But somedays I could not finish the work and had to do it the next day. For me it was the next day, for the customer it was next week.

Publishing a release once a year says, what we cannot get done this year, must be postponed to next year. But then all development must be done so that new features must not affect the usability of the program if they're not part of the next release. (That is hard for me to concisely phrase in English...)

There are so many current wishes that require so much work under the hood and it is not really possible to change pistons and adjust the ignition at the same time.

Believe me, I want a 64bit Band-in-a-Box also. It would simplify my computers life. But I want
  • a 64bit Band-in-a-Box that also can handle my 32bit DXis and VSTis (as long as I have 'em),
  • a 64bit Band-in-a-Box that is already prepared for additional and future features in files, even if that currently means a little (!) overexploitation of disk space.
  • a 64bit Band-in-a-Box that is able to read and write legacy mg? and sg? files
  • a 64bit Band-in-a-Box that grows together towards a 64bit RealBand
  • a 64bit Band-in-a-Box that has the same look and feel as a 64bit RealBand (like most Adobe Software products for instance)

If PGMusic hasn't yet started with 64bit development, which I doubt, then the 2015 release is not realisticly possible to be a 64bit Band-in-a-Box. And to download something close to perfect in December 2015 or even 2016 I value higher than to have another banana on my harddisk in December 2014.

Guido


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