Prospects in 2010

This is long overdue …

During the past few months, Prospects development essentially came to a halt while I determined how to best proceed with the product.   I did not see the increase in sales I was hoping for with the release of version 1.2, but I continued to develop updates that I hoped would start to drive some sales.   As I worked on 1.3, sales continued to decline and the marketplace began to shift with some interesting changes in the online personal finance space and personal finance applications in general.

I did not handle the situation well.   I neglected to answer the majority of support emails and did not respond to postings on the support forums.  This was a large, inexcusable error on my part.   I am sincerely sorry for the lack of support and communication.

After much thought and planning, I have decided to proceed with Prospects development.   I am very excited about the potential for the future!   With the new year will come some changes:

• Prospects will move to a Family Pack license only (no more Single Use license) priced at $25.  This will allow you to purchase one copy and run it on all your family’s machines.  If you already purchased a Single Use license, you can now use it as a Family Pack license.
• I will not be providing a road map for Prospects.  I will discuss features and upcoming releases and keep the community informed as best as I can, but I will not be discussing all features.  I will do my best to communicate progress and some features from each release via this blog and Twitter.
• I do not currently plan on releasing a Prospects 2.0 in 2010, but instead will continue to release incremental updates (1.3, 1.3.x, 1.4, etc). This means that everyone who has already purchased a license will continue to be able to upgrade to the new releases at no cost.

I am currently working on Prospects 1.3 and will post more details about it in the near future.  I know this post will not answer everyone’s questions, but hopefully it is a start.  Please feel free to post in the support forums or email me at the support email address if you have any questions.  Again, I would like to sincerely apologize for the lack of communication during the past few months.

Thanks – and happy new year!

Mike Rutt