Dear CalculiX users,
some may know it, a couple of days ago I had my 65th birthday. In older times this may have meant retirement, not anymore… Official retirement age in Germany is 67, I am still in a transition period and will retire at the end of August next year. Since CalculiX is so important for the company I work for, it was decided to transfer the development and maintenance within MTU gradually to a group of 7 collegues, some of which are already active on this site: Lukas Bruder (structures), Stefan Erhard (heat transfer), Franz-Josef Ertl (structures, optimization), Marc Haßler (structures, element types), Thomas Petzke (aerodynamic networks), Stephan Teichtmeister (structures, continuum mechanics) and Christoph Wölfle (IT). Of course, retirement from MTU does not mean retirement from CalculiX, however, it is clear that I cannot handle all by myself any more and my colleagues are very experienced with modern coding and tools. Some of them are already in charge of admitting new members to this list, and in general they may be more communication-friendly than I am. This announcement should make clear that the project CalculiX will go on, whatever my plans for the future will be. Klaus Wittig still has some more years to go, so CalculiX GraphiX is not (yet) in the focus of transition. On the downside, my wife is very ill (MSA) and needs 24-hour care by now, which obviously limits the time I can spend on CalculiX. Anyway, I want to thank all people who sent me contributions, questions or advice and I apologize for all the mails I did not respond to.
Best,
Guido
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