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As James said, just because a MP2 is planned, they cant just drop all the work on MP1. I would much rather have a stable & working MP1 that I can use on a daily basis while waiting for MP2, as opposed to having a buggy MP1 while waiting for a MP2!
This is normal in Software Development - e.g. They didnt stop work on Firefox 2 because Firefox 3 was being developed!
Also, as is mentioned plenty of times on this forum, if you want MP2 to progress faster how about you join in and help?
This is a free product, made by people in their spare time. They have no obligations, no deadlines. They do it out of generosity.
I believe that when MP2 was announced 6 months ago they did not foresee this delay - but it seems things have changed since then. The number of active developers has dwindled, and they have re-written things since the Tech preview.
I can understand your frustration, but you must be patient! |