Andrew, there are many functions that are not working. so you are saying that all bugs that were reported for Dolphin 7 were a waste of time, and all bug reports and fixes that were slotted for Dolphin 7.1 are now being moved to some point in the future, and essentially all bugs on Dolphin 7 are going to remain as they are, and nothing is going to be fixed that was tested, retested, confirmed and then submitted to trac as a bug. all of that time and effort is now for naught, and its your contention see more that you can only finish something if you start another version?

what would make most happy is not another version, but a version that is as near 100% bug-free as programmitcally possible.

i am wondering about your statement here, that there were 6 said updates, that is not correct, you were forced into an update of version 7.0.6 for security flaws. it was announced that 7.0.5 was the last update upon Dolphin 7.0 and 7.1 would soon been released. now some days later you are in here looking for praises and kudos, and you are going to get that from the greatest of sphincter huggers. i am here to say whats on my mind, and keeping it within a tone that is conducive to constructive criticism.

your inquiry " Exactly what else are we supposed to do to "finish something?"

the answer andrew is FINISH SOMETHING

i have been dealing with dolphin since version 5.0, and i can tell you unequivically that there is not one version, not one instance that has ever been FINISHED.

So what is requested here by myself, and many who have endured the process of announcements of the NBT, and the promise of Trident some years ago, not even months ago, but that was a promise from years ago, has now been scrapped. We as your clients, are asking that you FINISH what you start. dont leave dolphin 7 hanging as you did Dolphin 6 and all preceeding ventures.

Then tell all of us that we need to upgrade in order to get the script to work as it was intended and advertised to work.

I for one know that Dolphin 8 will be a beast of its own, and we will go through this whole debugging process and reporting to trac only to be told that what we are asking is an enhancement, and the ticket closed. i know that we will report issues with functionality that is supposed to be coded into the application, and your own employees and ex-employees will release a mod in the market based on what was reported to trac as a bug.

we know these things and have watched historically as they are repeated.

The answer Andrew is simple, Finish what you started, quit delivering false promises and false hopes to this community, quit dragging this community along by a string with your promises.

Finish what you started, and if it takes you 20 versions to get it right, then that is what it is.

Or is this another classic example of 'thats the way it has always been, and that is the way it will continue to be" ?

andrew, i want to ask, are you really about Unity, because this announcent has set many folks against this application. unity members who have been here, endured the beta's and RC's of Dolphin 7, and this is a straight slap in the face, or a true GFY approach to this community.

Nobody cared about Trident when you announced it, it was a farce then, just as its a farce now. Please put this all in a perspective. understand that those of us who are part of this community who have supported this application and have brought it to the level of where it is at, should be considered in this major decision.

i could write more, but i am not going to at this time. i have reflected on this situation all day. and i am concerned with the future of our members here on unity.

please consider the members of unity, and please consider those who have devoted their time.