Hosted TFS questions (release date, etc.: ASAP)Answered
FrustratedWe have a bit of an issue: several clients running our software on virtual machines (they don't have the luxury of physical machines, its 2021) needing a license.
This is not new but until now we came away with running turbo float server also on their virtual machine.
I know this isn't ideal but you said in late 2017 that there would soon be hosted instances, so back than we continued, hoping that we would be able to switch to the hosted instances soon...
(for example https://wyday.com/forum/t/3930/runing-turbofloat-server-in-a-container/ & https://wyday.com/forum/t/3865/using-turbofloat-server-on-a-vm/)
And in 2019 you said that it was to be expected in 2020 https://wyday.com/forum/t/4597/hosted-tfs/
Hosting on our own hardware isn't really an option either; since in that case we need to monitor uptime, update the machines and can only host one license on a physical machine (which means buying a dedicated machine for each client, expensive).
Its now 2021 and its still 'coming soon' as per https://wyday.com/licensechest/help/create-tfs-instance/,
in the mean time I see blog posts about you writing your own forum software https://wyday.com/blog/2020/introducing-jtf-just-the-forum/,
may I ask what your roadmap is and if 'soon' still has any value after those 4 years?
I need a solution for my clients asap, which way forward would you recommend?
We don't release roadmaps. Never have, never will.
We also don't release time frames for product releases. We used to, it was a world of pain. Once we implement better time tracking into our business processes we'll begin offering “estimated dates" for potential releases. This is a big project in itself.
So, yes, LicenseChest is coming soon. No hard date. ASAP.
You may or may not have noticed all of our products have gotten significantly better over the years. Meaning we're not just making new things, we're also working hard to make the existing things better (faster, easier, and work better on a multitude of good and bad configurations).
So, when LicenseChest is released publicly, it will be very good and usable from day-1. We don't release garbage first versions like most other companies.
In the meantime your options are:
- The customer runs a TFS on their infrastructure.
- You run the TFS instance on your infrastructure for the customer.
And soon you'll have the 3rd option of *us* running the TFS instance for the customer.