# Big announcements from FMI? **URL:** \ **Category:** Corporate Announcements\ **Created:** [August 5, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250 "2019-08-05T21:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Torsten](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/torsten/32/1574_2.png) [@Torsten](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Torsten)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/61 "2020-01-29T22:27:45Z")
Open source is a non-specific term. Discourse is available under Gnu GPL v2. Since a while. ---
**Author:** ![planteg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/planteg/32/627_2.png) [@planteg](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/planteg)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/62 "2020-01-29T23:32:30Z")
Hum, looks interesting . . . Hope the shoes will follow the lips - translation from French _espérons que les bottines vont suivre les babines_. ---
**Author:** ![harvest](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/harvest/32/231_2.png) [@harvest](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/harvest)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/63 "2020-01-30T07:54:20Z")
Thank you for the link, followed, logged in and - well, they somehow killed part of the community and the willingness to give feedback. Of course this is just my impression and I stopped commenting several month ago but I thought there might be at least some guys left... The Ideas-area seems to be plain dead. Not even a joke on the rick\_kalman2 Testing Idea. No more bashing for feeding redundant entries. No discussion on ideas implications or work-arounds via plugin or... Holger ---
**Author:** ![Torsten](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/torsten/32/1574_2.png) [@Torsten](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Torsten)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/64 "2020-01-30T08:11:44Z")
"Die Botschaft hör' ich wohl, allein mir fehlt der Glaube." J.W. von Goethe ---
**Author:** ![AndyHibbs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/andyhibbs/32/3089_2.png) [@AndyHibbs](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/AndyHibbs)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/65 "2020-01-30T08:37:42Z")
That phrase, I like 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Markus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@Markus](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Markus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 11:50am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/66 "2020-01-30T11:50:33Z")
I also logged in - latest news section: Newest message 8 month ago 👣 ---
**Author:** ![planteg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/planteg/32/627_2.png) [@planteg](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/planteg)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/67 "2020-01-30T14:29:11Z")
Translated it in French, you're not optimistic 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Torsten](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/torsten/32/1574_2.png) [@Torsten](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Torsten)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/68 "2020-01-30T14:42:18Z")
Actually, I am all sorted with a super forum 😀 ---
**Author:** ![AndyHibbs](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/andyhibbs/32/3089_2.png) [@AndyHibbs](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/AndyHibbs)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/69 "2020-01-30T15:25:19Z")
I’ve just read through Rosemary’s post and, if they can fulfill the promise, the forum might just about be usable again. We await with interest. ---
**Author:** ![PointInSpace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@PointInSpace](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/PointInSpace)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/70 "2020-01-30T19:39:44Z")
It doesn't sound like they're changing platforms - they refer to "their vendor" making page components open source. I kinda doubt FMI is going to reverse engineer said code to any large extent. My general reading of Rosemary's post is that not a whole lot is going to be improved. IMHO, they need to kick what they have to the curb and start over with a better solution. But I'm guessing their SalesForce contract won't let them. ---
**Author:** ![planteg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/planteg/32/627_2.png) [@planteg](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/planteg)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250/71 "2020-01-30T20:09:11Z")
> [@PointInSpace](#): > > It doesn't sound like they're changing platforms - they refer to "their vendor" ... Nope. On top of the interface that is \* this was censored \*, accessing the community on an iPad is more than a pain. I can't tell exactly how they build a page, but look likes it's not done in one shot, but multiple shots, What'S the reason ? Too often the page starts to display, for example the header and then stops. The I need to press refresh and cancel multiples times in order to get the page completely loaded. In the mean time I get messages stating that Internet doesn't work or that my browser is not supported., sure Safari on iPadOS 13. I hope users' pain will be over, but I guess it may be long. One thing is funny, one FileMaker developer sells it's product against SalesForce. [Previous page](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/big-announcements-from-fmi/250.md?page=3)