[Raion]

I needed to see where things were over the next 2 months but for the time being, we have had to postpone the project. This is not due to lack of funding, it was entirely because the development staff I had chosen for the analysis side had personal issues that they had to back out of. It's unfortunate, because these people are extremely talented and have already proven to me that it is possible for us to do this but unfortunately there was a significant amount of internal friction as there tends to be with such projects.

As a result of this I have consulted with those who donated (entirely private businesses/individuals) and we are focusing on smaller projects. Some of the funding will be released to the D2 project with the blessing of those involved, and the rest will be split between smaller projects that I will be funding.

I needed to see where the dust settled before I called the project shelved for the time being but I have known about this since April. It was exactly this sort of scenario which is why I did not want to take community money after talking it over with involved businesses.

One business, the oceanography company based in VA who contributed money, asked me to post this:

"It is a shame that the project fell through but we do not have any doubts about the intentions of the organizer behind IRIX-32, the development team or their expertise, leadership, and ambitions. Using IRIX isn't a hobbyist application for us but an integral part of our business as it serves as the rendering system for our ocean surveys. We have known Mr. Kazuo K. since about 2014 when he began doing work for us on our Onyx2 cluster. We will continue to support the endeavors of the community and contribute funding where possible especially if it will address problems in the long term that we are facing."

It ultimately does not bother me that this fell through although I feel bad for getting the community hopes up that this would be a major project in the next year or two. We will however continue to release information about IRIX as the remaining team members are willing to work on smaller projects off the retained budget. You learn every time you attempt something.