There is no 'urgency' as such, but there were some expectations that things were just around the corner, let's say 'weeks' or even 'months' away - but years away? That's what it will be in a few weeks time.
What "things" were just around the corner?
A very first basic testnet version?
Even if that were the case, it would have meant months/years of additional work after that anyway.
Am I not right about that?
Back then something made georgem scrap his plans and go back to the drawing board.
I would bet my shiny metal ass that it had something to do with big investors
who were pressing hard on georgem to use mr. spread's code.
Just open your eyes, the same thing is happening to this day!
I recommend you go back to january/february and read a few of the pages and draw your own conclusions.
Don't take this out of context.
-sf-
The truth is the community never received a proper explanation for this; I implore you to find one.
You are right that there were some investors pressuring Georgem at one point (and perhaps still are) to release something (I don't believe that in this instance he was reusing code), but it does not logically follow that a timeline would not be met. You are speculating as to the reasons, but as I said, nobody knows and nobody
will know until Georgem tells us.
In the past, I have understated my frustrations in regards to this because I recognized that there would probably be little to no response nor did I think it would be productive at the time.
As you can see though, this issue will not just disappear. You can defend Georgem with your assumptions, but it won't solve the issue at hand. I do think Georgem is signaling to the community that he will be more regular with his updates, which in my opinion is a large step in the right direction.
However, I also think some explanation as to what exactly happened would go a long way in helping the community 'rebuild'.
This isn't something that can just be whisked away.