And this is all anyone has ever asked for, really. Some of us might sound like grumpy whiners about it; but this is not a FOSS project on Sourceforge. It is a commercial product.Karellen wrote:Thanks for the news, Mat. How long it took to drop these lines? One minute? Two? Don't want to sound rude, but why Chris couldn't do that by himself, I really cannot get it. Anyway, I'm happy about the news and of course I respect Chris' wishes.MrMat wrote:Hello all,
Chris is working with me on a contract project. I see him every day and he still continues work on ProGUI as he can. Please do not discuss circumvention of his security or anything that would affect your licence, or anything that would affect the development of this work. This project is very much alive and Chris is well aware of your posts. This project is being developed and Chris has just been too busy on his contract to post here, but it is being developed with some great additions and Chris is doing what he can. Please respect that.
Thank you.
Thanks again and send greetings to Chris!
I don't think anyone here would begrudge the fact he has demanding contract work and is working hard hours. Most of us are well aware he could not support himself on ProGUI and needed to find alternate income; but communication is paramount to maintaining your existing customer base (and arguably reputation).
If he has time and has been working on ProGUI then that is great - but that should also means he has time to take 2 minutes to address us. And I think that is what the growing resentment is about. Not that we haven't seen new releases from him, but that we haven't heard from him. Period.
The fact users are openly discussing the patching and maintenance of his product and circumventing protection code to do it, I would think should alarm him enough that he would make the post. Not send a friend to do it.
I think it is deadly clear that nobody in this thread wants to see ProGUI fail / die out.
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