final release?

[freecan]

When the V3.0 final release is going to be finish?

[Peter]

Well, at this point in time we are releasing beta series releases to our existing licensed customers to track down and eliminate any existing bugs overlooked while in development for close to a year.

As many of the bugs being posted appear to be "Visual" (ie: CSS, design, tables, etc) we shouldn't be very far away from the full Release Candidate of ILance 3.0.0. However, ILance will not release a product in Beta, let alone release a product that has unfinished bugs.

Due to the massive feature set within the upcoming version of ILance 3.0.0, it's very hard to determine an exact ETA or date of release for this type of product. Our plans to fully release ILance 3.0.0 is / was set for the end of Aug. 2005, and may still be a very good chance of this happening.

From what it appears, ILance ourselves feel the software is capable of allowing our customers to conduct both service and product auctions (with management tools for your customers) -- this process and flow logic is complete (for the front end). To complement many of these features in the front end, the backend (Admin CP) is undergoing final development stages as well. One of the biggest things we have noticed to date is the fact that many of our customers already feel the need to deploy with whats available in 3.0.0 now.

As we do not support beta releases (or the fact of deploying 3.0.0 in beta stages), this is entirely up to our customers. However, once the full RC 1 is available the support for product updates, technical support and other aspects of becoming a licensed ILance customer will begin. This also includes the new LiveSync update server soon to be deployed for our existing customers of 3.0.0.

We ask that all customers continue to evaluate the upcoming version 3.0.0 to help eliminate any existing bugs for the main release. The release is just around the corner.

Thanks for your patience, and most of all your continued interest in the ILance software product.

Regards,

Peter Salzmann
ILance Product Manager