Lets bring it back to my first post again, cause clearly people have a problem reading a threaded forum discussion backwards. If the above leaked roadmap is truly what is going to be added into the PE edition in the next minor point release, than I think we're alot closer to a public fork. Granted, this isn't a word for word quote, but it's pretty much what I was trying to get across. 

Clearly, I've understood from the initial post that this wasn't and isn't the official roadmap, and it would be nice if we could get a official to chime in on what exactly will be PE features and CE features in the next release. That's pretty much all I initially was looking for to be cleared up

Joe, I'm not looking for a personal email on your current daily activities. I'm looking for a bit of transparency, and I'm not the only one. I'm sorry if I'm just completely fed up with the current state of gemini, most of the sub-projects, and the fiasco surrounding the launch of PE. Then a rough draft of the roadmap gets leaked and has all these shiny new features slated for the next PE release while the current infrastructure has been and still remains on the brink of disaster.

Sorry if I'm not up to speed on the private offline chats. Also, as someone that has run a few ISPs, has always maintain my own servers, and also maintains a SCM server for many developers scattered across the planet, I do know what's involved. I don't know how broken your gemini custom modifications are, or what is involved at making your secret infrastructure less secret, so I guess you're right with I don't really know how much time is required to upgrade your infrastructure.

Great, just keep tooting your own horn. Nothing is wrong. Continue onwards, ignore all the blinking lights and blaring sirens, they're for something competely unrelated.

Joe, I really do thank you for taking the time writing up this long well thought out response. I'd much rather a response like this than the quick angry replys you get from me. I'm sure I'll regret being so vocal one of these days, but not quite yet...

Of course, this is a great idea. Lets move / delete all the previous posts on the subject as well. This would create the DNN time machine we've all be hoping for over the past couple years that will repair all the previous mistakes.

My sincere apologies for the obvious lack of a communication plan lately. In the past 2 months we have grown headcount from 6 to 14 people; filling in the various gaps in our management team so that we now have dedicated Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Community resources. At the same time we have been establishing 2 locations for physical operations - a business office in California and an engineering office in British Columbia. And finally, we have been constructing an operating plan for this year which includes not only roadmap items, but a full financial model to ensure the ongoing preservation of the ecosystem.

With all of this going on in real-time, there is no doubt that things are going to fall through the cracks, there will be gaps in communication, and some actions will lack proper coordination as we internally develop the processes and procedures to manage the project effectively. Clearly, the recent 'sales' email exhibited many of these problems and we have already taken corrective measures to ensure it does not happen again.

Unlike other organizations, every move we make is visible to the general public - so we fully expect to hear vocal criticisms and feedback each time we make a mistake. I will be the first to admit it that it is not the most pleasant experience to have your every move scrutinized and your every slip vilified, but over time I have come to accept that people are much more prone to vocalize their fears and frustrations, than they are to provide praise or appreciation. This is just human nature and I have come to embrace this as a healthy and essential part of a vibrant open source community.

On that note, we will be posting the Roadmap this week for 5.1. It will include information about all of the exciting functionality we are adding to Community Edition. It will also include some explanation on why some enhancements are being reserved for Professional Edition. And we will be making a conscious effort to ensure all public communications are done in a coordinated manner in the future.