$5/lifetime, plus all current members - automatically upgraded doesn't really mean payment for anything. It's a profile confirmation anti-fraud measure. It is also free with any purchase of any paid BoonEx product.

As for RCs - we accelerated RC releases because we all need to release the Final already. Bravehearts that run RCs may be fine (apart from the "too-often" updates), but most new customers suffer with 6.1, which is already a much less stable product than the current D7.

We've see more been all working today (X-mas) and will be working throughout the entire holiday week, for a reason. We want you to have the product ASAP, and only Final will bring proper upgrade packs, schedule, etc.

Remember, all those Alphas, Betas, RCs are just part of (underground) pre-release development. We could as well just fire up the FInal when we're ready.

Right or wrong? Dolphin is a sophisticated system. It's not a forum, or guestbook, or a blog. It's a big platform. Bigger pieces of software do get frequent updates, especially on development stages. They get even more frequent before release.


As for "charging for reporting bugs". Everyone is still welcome to report bugs, through forum, as they do now. We'll be offering direct posting to Trac to Premium members, yes, but that doesn't deprive anyone off their current rights.


Finally, ladies and gentlemen, what's the whole fuss about? Do you want your Final Dolphin 7 or do you want to keep on dancing at this RC stage forever? RC is still a development version, nobody ever told you to use on your sites. Don't like an RC that just a few days apart - FINE, wait, download Final and off you go. The only difference is that we'll have more live sites running it and better upgrade packs afterwards.




@Caltrade

Sir, if you have problems with Dolphin being buggy, there's no difference if we release now or later, we'll still be releasing updates.

If you have problems with frequent updates, just don't post so many same comments here and you can use just one third of your time to do the upgrade. Alternatively, just wait for Final release.

@Technoman

re: "AlexT is screwing with all your heads and if he was such a good programmer the old errors and bugs would of been fixxed already with out questions!"

AlexT was fixing errors and preparing Dolphin for you for the last 14 hours, and will likely go for another 5-6 hours or so., although it's 1am here. Is he a good developer? Trust me, he is. It's just that it takes a lot more than a good developer to please everyone. Just think about it, look at different web-software products and you'd likely realise that there's a reason why there're not so many "all-in-one" scripts that actually work. It's not a trivial challenge.


@Caltrade & @Technoman

With all due respect and with some X-mas in mind, may I ask you guys to spend some time with your families and relax, OR try to be a little more positive and constructive. Believe me, after thousands upon thousands of comments and emails I can tell the difference between constructive criticism and just loose composure. We may end up without a pleasure of your company as active Unity members if you don't hold your ponies.


p.s. Merry Xmas everyone!

p.p.s. Hope to come up with proper "Merry Xmas" soon.