
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body >Hi!<br><br>vtigercrm5&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;released!<br>https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=117522&package_id=203942<br><br>I&nbsp;take&nbsp;this&nbsp;opportunity&nbsp;to&nbsp;thank&nbsp;each&nbsp;one&nbsp;of&nbsp;you&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;help,&nbsp;encouragement&nbsp;and&nbsp;support&nbsp;that&nbsp;you&nbsp;have&nbsp;<br>provided&nbsp;to&nbsp;enable&nbsp;us&nbsp;to&nbsp;release&nbsp;it&nbsp;today.<br><br>This&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;'the'&nbsp;toughest&nbsp;release&nbsp;in&nbsp;vtiger's&nbsp;short&nbsp;history&nbsp;and&nbsp;also&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;useful&nbsp;and&nbsp;knowledgeable&nbsp;one.<br>The&nbsp;core-team&nbsp;learnt&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;about&nbsp;community-building,&nbsp;making&nbsp;mistakes,&nbsp;using&nbsp;trac&nbsp;and&nbsp;svn,&nbsp;handling&nbsp;volatile<br>&nbsp;emotions,etc.&nbsp;It&nbsp;has&nbsp;been&nbsp;a&nbsp;sort&nbsp;of&nbsp;self-discovery&nbsp;actually.<br><br>At&nbsp;this&nbsp;point&nbsp;of&nbsp;time,&nbsp;I&nbsp;cannot&nbsp;help&nbsp;but&nbsp;be&nbsp;philosophical&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;output.&nbsp;<br>We&nbsp;have&nbsp;given&nbsp;our&nbsp;best&nbsp;we&nbsp;could&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;given&nbsp;circumstances.<br>The&nbsp;result&nbsp;is&nbsp;for&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;decide&nbsp;upon.<br>Yes,&nbsp;we&nbsp;could&nbsp;have&nbsp;done&nbsp;more&nbsp;but&nbsp;then&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;not&nbsp;sure&nbsp;if&nbsp;that&nbsp;would&nbsp;have&nbsp;made&nbsp;the&nbsp;release&nbsp;any&nbsp;better.<br><br>There&nbsp;comes&nbsp;a&nbsp;time&nbsp;when&nbsp;we&nbsp;have&nbsp;to&nbsp;let&nbsp;go&nbsp;and&nbsp;take&nbsp;a&nbsp;step&nbsp;back&nbsp;and&nbsp;observe.&nbsp;<br>I&nbsp;think&nbsp;this&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;time.<br><br>Thank&nbsp;You&nbsp;for&nbsp;taking&nbsp;out&nbsp;some&nbsp;time&nbsp;to&nbsp;read&nbsp;this&nbsp;mail.<br>I&nbsp;want&nbsp;all&nbsp;of&nbsp;you&nbsp;to&nbsp;know&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;need&nbsp;you&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;respect&nbsp;you.<br>We&nbsp;will&nbsp;make&nbsp;mistakes&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;future&nbsp;too&nbsp;but&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;willing&nbsp;to&nbsp;learn&nbsp;and&nbsp;adapt&nbsp;also.<br>So,&nbsp;please&nbsp;bear&nbsp;with&nbsp;us.<br><br>Do&nbsp;let&nbsp;us&nbsp;know&nbsp;how&nbsp;you&nbsp;feel&nbsp;about&nbsp;the&nbsp;release.<br><br>Thanks&nbsp;once&nbsp;again,<br>Richie&nbsp;<br></body></html>