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From: "George W.King" <>
Subject: [TMG-L:] Re: UFT to TMG 4 - was TMG-L: Release date for 4.0a?
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 11:51:12 -0400


In response to my note earlier today, Bob Velke asked me to post the
following reply to all of us:

>Hi George,
>
>>>There seems to be a lot of confusion among UFT users about TMG 4.0a.
>>>Perhaps Bob Velke is listening and will clarify.

<snip>

>>>UFT users should buy TMG 4.0 Gold at the special offer price. It seems
>>>unlikely that Wholly Genes will make a special run of CD-ROMs for TMG 4.0a
>>>if the release of TMG 5.0 is in the near future.
>
>Actually, we're down to a small handful of TMG v4.0 so we will need to
>replenish the stock before v5.0 anyway. So we WILL use the new v4.0a master
>to do that. The order form for those purchasing through the UFT half price
>offer says that they should expect 4-6 weeks for delivery because the master
>won't go to press until we return from the NGS conference and it may take us
>a few weeks thereafter to ship them.
>
>>>*ALL* TMG 4.0 Gold users have been offered a free upgrade to TMG
>>>4.0a. The upgrade will be available as an on-line software download from
>>>the Wholly Genes web site in a few days.
>
>Correct. We've been swamped with questions and suggestions regarding the
>import process from UFT users in the last few days. So while we WILL have a
>downloadable version of the update on our web page before the end of the
>conference, I have to say that these last-minute changes have not yet been
>thoroughly tested so we will probably continue to call it a "beta". A few
>days thereafter, if UFT converters (who already have v4.0 and download the
>update) are satisfied with the results then we'll cut the CD. If any
>further tweaking is done then we will make that available on our web page
>too...but if you aren't prepared to be involved in that testing then you may
>want to wait until next week to get the official version.
>
>While the v4.0a update has a few addition features that everyone will enjoy,
>it's main purpose is to add features that UFT users would otherwise miss.
>There's a lot of new stuff regarding structured roles (assign roles by
>picking from list, etc.), for instance, but TMG users who are accustomed to
>reflecting the roles in the sentence structure may not find any particular
>advantage to those new features. They were designed first so that UFT users
>(and anyone else who wants them) will have a choice, and secondly so that
>the file structure has a place to preserve that data during an import.
>
>Due to the flurry of activity in the last few weeks, I think that it is
>prudent to give those users a few more days to test the process before we
>start making CDs.
>
>>>When TMG 5.0 is released, all owners of a valid TMG 4.0 license
>>>will be offered TMG 5.0 at a special upgrade price. So it is
>>>important that you register your TMG 4 purchase with Wholly Genes.
>
>Correct again. Thanks, George.
>
>-Bob


George W King
Williamsburg, VA
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