Has David Given Up On SF?

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Has David Given Up On SF?

Post by CharlieM » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:44 pm

I hope David is just Busy. I haven't seen him around or herd any news. Does anyone Know?
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Post by CharlieM » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:19 pm

That post from Steve is from Dec 6 09 David must really be busy.
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Post by Francis » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:48 am

Well, he'd be welcomed back big time...

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Post by Scott e. » Fri May 07, 2010 6:43 pm

Any news on the status of SF. Has it gone as far as its going to go already?
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Post by Francis » Sun May 09, 2010 8:34 am

I thought Raistlin was going to go and have a chat (?).
I'm sure most people have drawn their own conclusions, but the accuracy of those conclusions is unknown...
Maybe he's been abducted by Fox Mulder ?

The trouble is the longer it is ignored then the harder it'll be to do upgrades and updates.
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Post by Raistlin » Sun May 09, 2010 10:11 am

He E-Mailed me 3 days ago to say he's get on the forum soon
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Post by liak » Sun May 09, 2010 12:22 pm

Happy to hear that. Hope he gets back soon. Even without much update but at least in presence.

We will keep on supporting SF.

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Post by Francis » Sun May 09, 2010 3:39 pm

Is "soon" the same as "before long" ?
As in:
from Steve "He is busy with work at the moment, but expects to be back in action before long." (Dec '09) :wink:

Joking aside, that's great news. Look forward to it.

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Post by blackcattech » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:31 am

Raistlin wrote:He E-Mailed me 3 days ago to say he's get on the forum soon
Trouble is that as others have pointed out we've been getting drip-fed promises of something happening 'soon' for several months now yet nothing does...

If 'soon' is more than two months and 'before long' is more than 7 then I wonder if the PIC will still be around when Swordfish finally gets updated...

(Seriously, those of us who are intending to use it professionally need to know if we can rely on support. If the developer doesn't post at all and the other moderator is rarely seen then it doesn't inspire confidence)

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Post by Francis » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:47 am

Wierd isn't it. A lovely product but no support likely.
All the "soons" have turned to dust...
I think we can assume that he's gone... :(

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Post by blackcattech » Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:53 pm

Francis wrote:Wierd isn't it. A lovely product but no support likely.
All the "soons" have turned to dust...
I think we can assume that he's gone... :(
Even Steven hasn't posted since May so it appears we have no support and no moderators either.

Time to look in to the alternatives I guess - not ideal two weeks before my project deadline but it isn't responsible to use an unsupported piece of software which may cause my customer issues at a later date.

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Post by Jerry Messina » Sun Jul 11, 2010 6:08 pm

Time to look in to the alternatives I guess - not ideal two weeks before my project deadline but it isn't responsible to use an unsupported piece of software which may cause my customer issues at a later date.
Oh, I don't know... if everything's working so far, I think the LAST thing I'd do is switch toolchains two weeks before a deadline.

At least you won't have to worry about requalifying/testing your code when future updates come out!

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Post by dbracken » Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:03 pm

The domain is up for renewal on Saturday. Let's see if we have a forum next Sunday.

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Post by blackcattech » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:05 pm

Jerry Messina wrote: Oh, I don't know... if everything's working so far, I think the LAST thing I'd do is switch toolchains two weeks before a deadline.
If only things were working OK. I've had no end of trouble getting headers that work for the more recent PICs for starters. I've had to pretty much re-write the GLCD module from scratch as it doesn't seem to be compatible with my KS0108-based screens. I've had to work around a few other issues also.

I don't mind these things (and have had similar things to do on almost every other programming language I've used) if I know the thing is being supported. However, I am worried that if I come across a compiler bug that I can't work around or if a new PIC comes out that needs changes to the compiler then I'm going to have to change toolset anyway and I'd rather do it while I'm at the 'proving the hardware' stage rather than when the whole thing is signed off and in production.

It really is a shame as I like Swordfish and find it easy to use and powerful but I just can't commit to something that seems to have become abandonware...

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