what would the monthly bulletin be? "hey guys still getting sued, brb".
Next month: "still getting sued guys lol justice system", ad infinitum.
Development is postponed/delayed/shelved pending legal action is about all I would expect as a statement from a company as far as being in the loop goes. Threads like this keep us up to date with the legal details, in it's not in kier's interest to talk here about the details of the case, other then setting things straight when the speculation machine this place is kicks into overdrive. .... to still be complaining we don't get enough info is ridiculous, it was apparent ages ago this was going to hurt bad.
/end rant
Excellent rant D.O.A. thank you. I think some have simply never had the experience of being taken to court so they dont know how it affects you. How heroic our developers are. The very fact we still HAVE XF here is due to their courage and sheer stamina in keeping going.
During the honeymoon stage of the first year it was often said that XF was so much more than just a company putting out a (great) software. We spoke of how this was a real community which shared skills, knowledge, and helped each other.
Well when it gets hard going a real community goes on helping each other. Some are doing that while some have regressed to a childish whingeing and moaning about minor discomforts. But I guess many here are very young with little experience of business life or legal struggles.
I know I'm very lucky to have the knowledge and confidence of 30 years successful business life - never backed a loser yet - to help me make my decision that XF is a good platform with a solid future. I did run away 2 years ago in panic when the court case started. But I kept an eye on it and 3 months later I came back because it was clear how it would go.
Those who know how to assess legal stuff are very clear XF will win this case.
But there are some born pessimists who doubt whether XF will continue afterwards. There's no logic in that. If the intention was to discontinue or abandon XF they could have accepted settlement months ago. They did not. There is no logic in going on through the hammering of legal stress work on and on for any other reason than to continue developing XF.
Once you've known the freedom of running your own business you go though hell rather than go back into a job. If coding is "what you do" the only alternative is to start again, a new forum - crazy when this one has gone through its teething stages. The first two years of any project are the toughest, that's well known so XF is almost through that.
Oh I have seen some comments that some feel they are not getting a fair return on their contract because there has been no XF 1.2. Ive even seen talk of XF as a rip off. So I carefully checked this as it seemed a peculiar attitude to me.
As I thought the licence fee gives unlimited use of the existing XF version. Plus support for one year. Plus "
any updates." There is no guarantee to update. So we all have exactly what we paid for: an excellent software with access to
any available development. Same as any other software.
It isn't long to wait now. Business does have these bottlenecks. They turn into good stories later on.
