Hoster 5.0

[stublack]

I am not intending to open a can of worms here. I remember how difficult and how many problems there were (Vista) when installing 4.0, that delayed the installation and caused hoster users problems when they did the upgrade.

However, without holding MTU to anything concrete. I would like to know what new features are being seriously considered for 5.0 (intial roll out only) and approximately what date you are shooting for.

Thanks Stu

[admin]

Watch the MTU Blog for announcements.

We are releasing 5.00 Beta 12 today, with all major bugs fixed that our Testers reported. That was a major accomplishment as Microsoft has changed the way Windows works, causing most of these problems.

Click the MTU Blog button at the top of each MTU.com web page.

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by stublack

I am not intending to open a can of worms here. I remember how difficult and how many problems there were (Vista) when installing 4.0, that delayed the installation and caused hoster users problems when they did the upgrade.

However, without holding MTU to anything concrete. I would like to know what new features are being seriously considered for 5.0 (intial roll out only) and approximately what date you are shooting for.

Thanks Stu

I can tell you I have been running Beta 5 WITHOUT the recommended changes on Win 7 (not recommended for anyone else, just trying to break it as a tester) and haven't had a glitch yet! This is going to be the best version yet!!!!

[admin]

Thanks Lonman!

Beta 12 testing is going excellent, with only minor change/bug reports. Each Beta version has been getting cleaner; what we like to see as we approach releasing to you folks.

I only wish we had ALL the new features we had planned, but the Microsoft changes to how Windows has ALWAYS worked, required more time to fix very nasty bugs that were not in our initial spec or schedule.

I'm excited!

After 5.00 releases, we'll have the usual 5.01, .02, .03 releases to fix reported bugs. With out new Registration web script, we can "pre-date" these so everyone whose Upgrade Install Date allows installing 5.00 can also install the bug fixes. These won't include any more new features than 5.00 has.

There will be a point in time where we stop pure "bug fix releases" and start adding new features. These will release as 5.10, 5.20, etc. Their Release Date and Install Date will be set the same and will require buying an upgrade if your 12-month Upgrade Install Date has passed.

We're getting closer!

[Beavis]

is that admin getting excited ?? ive never seen this before

[Robster]

I'm excited too about Hoster 5.0 , I will probably invest in a new high spec lappy when its available ..looking forward to what you guys have come up with.