[MlMt] Coming back full circle

[Pedro Lobo]

First and foremost, congrats to Mrs. Nielsen. I know what a big deal 
that is ;)

Secondly, So happy to have contributed way back in the initial campaign. 
It’s been well worth it!

Cheers!

On 3 Sep 2016, at 7:02, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> this is a bit off topic, but some of you might appreciate the update.
>
> Today is a special day, also for some MailMate users I believe. Almost 
> 3 years ago I was very close to having to stop working on MailMate 
> full time since it wasn't generating much revenue. I wrote a [blog 
> post](https://blog.freron.com/2013/changing-priorities/) explaining my 
> situation and I did an experimental crowd funding which later led to 
> an Indiegogo-based crowd funding campaign. I was looking for money to 
> have time (a minimum of 6 months) to make something which could be 
> released as version 2.0. I got far more than that and at the same time 
> daily sales increased. (Note that the MailMate 2.0 version bump has 
> not been postponed because I haven't worked on it. It has been delayed 
> because I want it to be much more than what I could have done within 
> those 6 months.)
>
> In the blog post I also wrote this:
>
>> [...] Current sales are about 1/4 of what I would need to say that 
>> I’m really doing this for a living — and then I would still earn 
>> less than I would with a regular job. The only reason I have been 
>> able to work on MailMate for so long is because I’ve had a very 
>> generous sponsor: My wife.
>>
>> The time has come to pay back on that generosity. Starting February, 
>> 2014, my wife is going back to school (well, University) to get a 
>> masters degree in Health Science. For the following two and a half 
>> years I hope to be the sponsor of her dream.
>
> My crowd funders should be happy to know that my wife has now 
> completed her masters degree (“cand.scient.san.” is the official 
> title) and this is celebrated **today** with a big party (which is why 
> I won't be able to work on the Gmail issue today). Yet another thank 
> you to you all from both me and my family.
>
> It has been a very slow summer for MailMate sales and the crowd 
> funding money are getting close to running out. It is almost perfectly 
> timed with the above. Don't worry, I know sales will pick up again 
> when 1.9.5 is officially released and the homepage is updated more 
> regularly. The “Become a MailMate Patron” initiative has also been 
> well received and it feels a bit like *coming back full circle* to the 
> original crowd funding campaign.
>
> Have a nice weekend!
>
> -- 
> Benny
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Cheers,
Pedro
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