Its dead but since this thread was posted, it hit a new all time high in market cap. And its reddit hit a new all time high in activity.
And it's about to get it's own private beta on stack exchange, a distinction only shared with Bitcoin and ethereum amongst other cryptos. Maybe he means it's dead like Bitcoin has been pronounced dead so many times

Indeed being called dead should be considered a compliment!
GUI and RingCT coming soon.... not bad for a dead coin
You mean functions other coins have a long time already?
Face it, Monero never developed anything on their own and even with copying they are really, really, really slow.
But Monero on GOX soon!