{"id":378,"date":"2017-01-03T16:02:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/?p=378"},"modified":"2017-01-03T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2017-01-03T16:11:03","slug":"the-2016-kipware-development-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentechinc.com\/kipware_blog\/the-2016-kipware-development-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2016 Kipware\u00ae Development Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another year … come on !!!\u00a0It’s hard to believe that we are about to add another year to our journey … our 31st year in business … in CNC and in CNC software development. Saying THANK YOU to all our customers who went REAL WORLD with us … who put their faith in our ideas, designs and development … it wouldn’t even begin to reflect our real\u00a0gratitude. Without our customers we wouldn’t be here … and that’s why we continue to listen to your feedback … your requests … your ideas … and will continue to implement them as best as we can to continue to develop our world famous line of Kipware<\/a>\u00ae … REAL WORLD MACHINE SHOP SOFTWARE.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of each year we like to take a look back … to reflect and evaluate what we have accomplished during the past year for our products in terms of development and enhancements\u00a0… and of course for our clients.<\/p>\n

Versus other software vendors who boast “millions of hits on our website” … or who search the internet for good\u00a0ideas and then make them their own … we’re doers. We\u00a0don’t talk about it … we do it … and we’re more than happy to publish our doing it and lay it out there for all to see. We’re proud of our hard work and results and the fact that THOUSANDS of real world machinists … from the one man shop to fortune 500 companies like SpaceX and General Dynamics around the world\u00a0use Kipware\u00ae software. I guess they’re doers too. Are you a doer?<\/p>\n

Why do we feel it is important?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Since 2012 … the first year we started blogging regularly … we have posted our year-in-review article highlighting the main items of development over the year. \u00a0We feel this is SOOOO VERY IMPORTANT<\/strong><\/em> for a number of reasons … but let’s focus on the top two.<\/p>\n

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  1. To show clients and potential clients that Kentech Inc. and Kipware\u00ae software is constantly on the move … innovating … inventing … improving … and enhancing.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0So clients and potential clients can compare our rate of the above against other competition and\u00a0developers. We are by far the busiest in terms of enhancing and upgrading our machine shop software … all our market leading titles. If you follow our blog you’ll know we are a big fan of software Version #’s. For developers who adhere to the software version norms …\u00a0major release, minor release and build numbers ( e.g. 10.1.0 \u00a0)\u00a0 … these are an actual reflection of the number of releases which usually illustrates the amount of new development. As the major release number grows … it reflects the number of major upgrades and enhancements. The reverse … software with Version #’s that are low … reflect the lack of development and lack of major releases. This is a good indicator of how much work and effort a company is putting into development. We always encourage any potential client to compare our version numbers with any competitor … the result is always astounding. We have posted the current version #’s next to each title along with the release information for the last year for your review. Nothing to hide here.<\/li>\n
  2. So existing clients can view\u00a0the various changes and enhancements to titles they may own … and help them decide if these changes warrant an UPGRADE investment<\/strong><\/em>. Kentech Inc. does not have any maintenance agreements and no yearly fees. Our UPGRADE policy basically allows the user to pick-and-choose when they wish to upgrade based on features released. At any time the user can UPGRADE … and will receive the latest version of the software with ALL the current features. So if we release an UPGRADE and the features are not of interest this time but they are the next time … an UPGRADE purchase will get you ALL the features that have been released to date.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    By the way … if you missed any of our previous end of the year reports or wish to see our progress … here are some links to help :<\/p>\n