Thank you Mark! Thank you for your dream, thank you for your commitment and your guidance! Thank you for your trust and the courage to let go and listen to your health.

Five years is a damn long time – and keeping the fire burning over this period takes strength. You didn’t let it show – and yet the last few releases have increasingly left you with the feeling that the lightness of the early years is over and the multitude of projects have left their mark.

I’m sure it wasn’t easy for you to talk to Mike and me at the team meeting. And I’m sure you’re finding it hard to let go. But as the incomparable Trude Herr sang, “You never leave completely, something of me stays here” – and a lot of you remains. Above all, the feeling that you are standing by us in the background remains.

And much more importantly – as the many great reactions show – there are still over 50,000 users who continue to drive and motivate us.

We are aware that the change will not be easy. The last four years have been instructive for Mike and me, we have learned a lot and yet there are still shoals that we need to plumb.First of all, we have to ensure that operations continue and provide stability.The innovations will therefore come a little more slowly. But on this solid basis, we can then look to the future.

In Olli, we have gained a reinforcement that can help us move forward, and not just with iOS. Olli has taken on board the experiences from the numerous workshops and has already developed initial ideas for the issue of complexity, how the user experience can be introduced and usability improved.
With Marcia, we have gained a second good soul who, with her experience with WordPress and human-machine interfaces, is an excellent addition to the team.

Basically, the first ideas for GC Wizard 4.0 are starting to emerge.

And in the spirit of you Mark, we will keep your fire alive and carry it in new directions.

Challenge accepted!