If we ever decide to stop creating updates for a product the customers would be notified =). We have various products made by various coders and as much as we would like to spend all of our time updating products unfortunately the economics of the situation does not allow that - in short we HAVE to make new products.
If I do not give a schedule for a product it means that it is not going to be updated in the immediate future and I don't have a date to give you. Please don't make assumptions about my replies and then blame me for them. My words were
You assumed that meant the work was scheduled to be done in the next X months - At no time did i ever say, or even suggest that. I told you as clearly and plainly as I could that it was not being worked on then and as a result I couldn't give you an idea of when to expect it. I honestly cannot think of a single way I could have been more clear about that. I'm mildly bothered that you are twisting that to somehow be a promise that we broke. That is why it feels like you are attacking us.
I would understand if you contacted us with a question or concern about the update rate on a specific modification. Instead you posted in an unrelated thread attacking us, then claimed we were breaking promises that we never made. That strikes me as the actions of someone trying to cause trouble or offend, not how a customer with legitimate questions or concerns acts.
I go out of my way to discuss schedules in my blog so people are kept up to date on them, and I will answer, honestly, any PMs or questions anyone sends me regarding scheduling or the reasons for scheduling decisions. I go out of my way to do this to be fair to my customers. To be accused of deceiving people or breaking promises is very offensive to me since I go out of my way to be as accommodating and honest as I can.
I have, more than once, posted detailed information on how scheduling is conducted, what business forces shape our update vs new modification decisions, how different coders are responsible for different modifications etc. I do this because I absolutely understand that there are customers who do want to know why decision X or Y was made, and i'm happy to explain why I made those decisions.
For someone to post in an unrelated thread (e.g the vbarcade beta thread) to complain about another modifications release date, and then make claims about us breaking promises before even ASKING anyone those questions bothers me. If you had made a post, or sent a PM, or commented on a blog asking me why modification X hadn't been updated yet I would have happily taken the time to explain the processes involved to you - that's why your posts came across as attacks.
Hopefully that clears it up for you,
Cosmic
