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Originally Posted by DayCuts
It seems to me that taking such an action will result in one of two basic outcomes, neither of which would be desired.
Pursuing such a class action suit could and almost certainly would, at best, result in huge further delays of the projects developement due to the huge demand on time, money and resources it would put on IniCom Networks. Not only would it impack on ioFTPd but it would also have significant impack on other projects managed by IniCom. At worst? well it could stop developement permanently and potentially put IniCom out of business.
The other way it could go is it could force IniCom to push out a final as quick as possible just for the sake of getting it out, and i think we all know what happens when developers of any software try to do that.
I can certainly understand your feelings for it taking so long, but im sure it was made clear at the time you purchased the beta that you were infact contributing to its developement and helping it keep alive, not buying an already complete product. (you should concider it a bonus that the plan has always been to give the final to the contributers once it is stable and ready)
Obviously you are a big fan of the project itself, otherwise you'd use something else and not be getting so frustrated about it all.
Maybe instead of wasting your time on legal action you should offer some help with the project itself.
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Frankly the potential of the lawsuit could do either of your proposed actions. Both of which I am willing to risk.
Inicom has stated in another thread that they will be removing the advertising from the main page for ioFTPd 1.0 as it was based on another programmer's timeline.
Neoxed is apparently now going to be working on the project, but what results that will yield is anyone's guess as _panic_'s results were less than favorable.
So far I see alot of spinning wheels but nothing is actually moving from Inicom or from ioFTPd.
What is moving is the growing number of users that have contacted me with the exact same feelings and willing to participate along side me.
I dispatched an email directly to Mr. Hill last Friday in an effort to discuss this as per his wishes, but as yet have not received a response, and I am not likely to. Nor do I expect to.
If I do not hear from him by the end of this week, he will have made up my mind for me.