OrchidWiz

[goodgollymissmolly]

OK, I have a question...it's partially rhetorical and partially not.

Where the he.... is the OrchidWiz update? I realize there are 7 days remaining in June, but there is also no sign that the update will be delivered in those 7 days. Actually, rather than asking you who probably know even less than I do, I asked Alex.

About two or three weeks ago I read on this forum that the update schedule was unknown. Finding that incredibly unbelievable I asked Alex myself when he planned to deliver. The answer I received was, "I don't know, I'm programming the journal option that allows a personal database now and don't know when it will be ready". That is not an exact quote and probably should not be in quotation marks, but it accurately reflects the answer.

Since I have no plans to use the journal option and hope a custom install that allows skipping that part of the program will be available, I sure have no patience when it comes to waiting for it. Besides that makes no common sense. The plans for a journal option were announced last year. Why would programming it just now be underway?

So I ask, is the AOS awards data the source of the problem? I doubt AOS would release the data to Alex prior to AQPlus being ready for delivery so this could be the issue (AOS also has not delivered the AQPlus June update).

Since I paid OW $80 last Fall for the 2009 updates and AOS $50 last fall for their 2009 updates, I think I could reasonably argue that I have $32 paid well in advance for this single June update cycle. That said, I think a better answer than, "I don't know" might be in order.

Am I just cranky or is some explanation from both AOS and OrchidWiz a reasonable expectation on my part?