Ages! has turned 10. A bit on its history.

 
Ages! started as a small GEDCOM editor. The Exe-File had less than a megabyte, and had the most basic functions to manage genealogical data. But it was just the start. After five free major updates and a number of minor ones, Ages! has grown to a full featured system.
 
Very few other products in the market were able to cope with technological developments as well as Ages! did: PDF creation without a pseudo-printer, export to JPEG, create CDs and mobile use on USB sticks, hassle free installation on XP and Vista. One of our test systems runs Windows 7 RC, and Ages! works flawlessly. Funnily enough, even the oldest version of Ages! still runs on Windows 7.
 
As in the past, we're constantly working on futher improvements and updates to Ages!. Right now there are two "forks" that we're working on - one will be another minor update to the 1.5 series with more bug fixes and a few new functions. This update will most probably be made available in 2009.
 
At the same time, were working on the next major update, which will include a few surprises. Its availability is planned for 2010.
 
All in all, Ages! is a success story. Back in 1999, who would have thought that Ages! would become a such a widely used application amongst genealogists? A few decisions probably helped, first and foremost the decision to use GEDCOM as sole database format. The real key to its success however lies in the contribution and support from people. A list of those would be much longer than a golden globe acceptance speech, so I'm cutting it down to this:
 
Thank you to all who contributed
Thank you to all who believed in Ages!
Thank you to all who reccomended Ages! to others
And thank you to all who purchased Ages!
 
I'm really looking forward to the next 10 years.
 
Jörn Daub
 
P.S. Wasn't there.... version .... do you remember? Here are screenshots of the last 10 years.
 

V1.03, published 1999

 

V1.10, published 2000

 

V1.20, published 2001

 

V1.30, published 2002

 

V1.40, published 2005

 

V1.50, published 2008

 

Project White

(P.P.S. The images are "faked". They were all made with the proper Ages! version, but taken on a Vista system, which was released in 2009 - hence the glassy window frame.)