Clarion 7 estimated release date
It is almost the middle of May, which means that in 5 and a half months since the beginning of 2007, we have seen very little Clarion 7 movement. Yes we have seen some sketchy details on C7 being released in “phases” and that at the end of March, Phase 1 was nearing completion, but that was it.
I have heard a couple of people receiving emails from Soft Velocity’s “sales department”, urging users to buy the subscription plan that will include a Clarion 7 upgrade. But don’t reply and ask for dates, because you ain’t getting any.
Another thing that is slightly upsetting (with regards to C7) is development on C6.3 is still actively happening, with the latest patch 9056 being released on the 5th of May. This only means that SV developers are NOT working on C7 when they are working on C6.3.
My estimated arrival date of Clarion 7 is nowhere near 2007. Based on the vibes coming from SV, I can’t see anything being released within the next couple of months. Which means my estimate is sometime in 2008.
So my estimated Clarion 7 release date is 12 August 2008.
Yes that’s right folks. Stop thinking 2007 is the year of Clarion 7. Rather focus your energy on the arrival date of 2009, and when it arrives on the 12 August 2008, it will have been released 4 months early!
Notes from the Aussie Devcon « Clarion 7 said,
Wrote on May 28, 2007 @ 10:47 pm
[…] Bob Z did say that we will be seeing a Clarion 7 release this year. But what the Devcon showed was that Clarion 7 and Clarion.net is in development, but it also showed that there is a lot of work still to be done, and I still stand by my prediction for the Clarion 7 release date. […]
Bruce said,
Wrote on June 15, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
Personally I think it’s fantastic that C6 is still being supported. Since that’s what I use every day I’d much rather bugs in that got fixed ASAP.
Plus it means the C7 runtime will be a lot more stable than any previous Clarion release.
JBagley said,
Wrote on June 15, 2007 @ 5:09 pm
I’d agree with you to a certain extent, but C6 is pretty damn stable in my opinion, so I’d rather have SV work on finishing C7.
Yes, bugs are there to be fixed, but I don’t think the runtime is the part that still needs the most work done on it. Appgen, Clarion.net etc are much higher priorities IMO, if the runtime is as stable as it is.
How to break Clarion 7 in under a minute « Clarion 7 said,
Wrote on September 7, 2007 @ 9:01 am
[…] Oh boy. We still have a long way to go until the final release of Clarion 7! […]