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Message to NUG - 04/24/2007 |
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Good morning, Yesterday Netsmart announced that they have acquired MainTree's MIS based products and that I will be joining them as a senior software developer based out of the Ohio office. I know this may come as a shock to many and I want to take this opportunity to try to allay any fears you may have and head off any rumors before they begin. I know that since Netsmart acquired CMHC Systems, there have been questions about their commitment to the MIS platform. Their acquisition of my products, as well as bringing me in to continue the development on those and other projects in the MIS, is a definite sign of their commitment to the MIS's future. The MIS is a solid platform for the behavioral healthcare community and I'm going to be part of the team to help keep it moving forward. My experience and knowledge from the field will be a great asset to Netsmart in future development projects for both the MIS and to help connect it to the other products in the Netsmart family. Over the next few months, I will be working closely to get the MainTree product line integrated into Netsmart's product line. Right now I'm working on mtSchedule 3.0, which will be demonstrated in Orlando next week. BUI Explorer 1.0 has been released to Netsmart QA for testing. Print to IRMS is currently on track for a Q3 release and the uScript Toolkit version 3.5 is currently in planning. None of the MainTree products are being discontinued or shelved. Another item that I will be working on is uScript itself. I will be spending time with John Paton over the next couple of months to learn the inner workings of the compiler and runtime to help its continued development. Again, Netsmart is committed to the future of the CMHC/MIS product. On the community side of things, the MainTree uScript Shared Libraries will still be available and updated. I'm committed to keeping these items available as a open source project for the community. I will continue to host them on MainTree.com until I can talk to the AAI committee at length about finding a more suitable place to host them. I will also be involved with NUG and the AAI committee as a Netsmart representative in addition to my involvement in the new mtSchedule focus group. I thank you all for your support over the past few years and I hope to continue to recieve your support going forward into this exciting future. I also look forward to seeing many of you in Orlando next week. Take care, Jim Songer Founder and President / MainTree Systems Senior Software Developer / Netsmart Technologies |
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