enercalc update

huangyhg

enercalc update?
has anyone heard what the status of the new version 6.0 of enercalc is?  it seems that it has been promised to come out for at least a couple of years now.
check out our whitepaper library.
auce98:
recieved this email from enercalc this weekend. take it for what its worth.
regards.
lkjh_345
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dear enercalc user,
we would like to start by wishing all of you a very prosperous 2007. this letter contains a status report for the release of the structural engineering library version 6. i want to personally apologize for both the delay in its release and the lack of communication since this past year. it has been a long road with a number of bumps and curves to say the least!
i want to state as fact that my team and i are committed to releasing version 6 as soon as possible. despite the lack of communication, lack of web site information and delay in release......this product is very real and very, very important to us. work proceeds on the project every single day.
we don't mention version 6 on our web site so it does not become a "sales tool" to attract new users. additional advertising would be improper and only add to the pressure.
what have we done in the last year? well because it's not finished i sometimes wonder myself! anything we say will be an excuse and the result is only evident when the product is released. please accept my explanation that this is a complete rewrite and that has required far more work than we ever imagined.
prior to writing this email i reviewed our prior update report of december 2005 that is located here:
i recieved a similar email that included videos of the v6.
note! the email from last january was sent again by mistake! please accept my apologies!here is the correct one.........
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dear enercalc user:

version 6 is close....but not ready i am sorry to say.

some of you have been waiting over three years for it.....and those of you who are "new" users have no idea you will be getting a free upgrade.

this email is being sent to slightly over 5,000 enercalc users who are waiting for version 6. there are still another 2,300 users who will be upgrading after its release.

if each user designs four buildings per year worth $1 million that means enercalc software designs the bits and pieces in $29.2 billion of construction each year! these numbers are staggering for us.....a small company that has slowly built a reputation for 24 years.

all hands are working hard and the pressure to release a very fine product is tremendous. we have windows vista to deal with, several suitors who wish to acquire us and some fatigue setting in after a long programming haul.

i and my staff are dedicated to providing you with a fine product and years of very fine enhancements to follow.

version 6 has been mostly a mystery to all of you. none of you has actually "seen" version 6 and that probably has raised many doubts.

to relieve that curiosity i have prepared five videos that take about 90 minutes to view.
it is "casual " set of videos because i personally narrated them off the top of my head. they show a software system not quite finished but substantially complete so that release time is very, very close (they were prepared in may).

hopefully these videos will encourage you to be patient a little longer and see how serious we are about providing a whole new class of product capabilities. to show everything would have taken hours and hours.....so we touched the highlights.

i got the email, but haven't had time to do anything with it.