The Sputnik bounty is about to reach its deadline.

Has anyone heard anything about what's happening with the development, if anything at all?

I'm sure it was given up with the release of OWB, its been ages since I've seen a new release.

Since my Pegs all seem to have gone to the great computer shop in the sky, I haven't been keeping up with Sputnik, but even what was there took MorphOS into the modern age-it even sorta worked on eBay!

I think his efforts really spurred the OWB team onward, and I think he deserves the bounty.

I think his efforts really spurred the OWB team onward, and I think he deserves the bounty.

That's great idea, but I'm not sure if Fab will accept that. But at the very end, all the people which paid the money have to decide.

@pampers

I think tronman rather meant that Marcik should get the money, even if the project is now apparently stalled, since it showed WebKit could be ported and "showed the way" (that said, Tronman is wrong, because OWB is a completely different project that had nothing to do with Sputnik itself).

In any case, I have absolutely nothing to decide about that. :)

cut in half and share it between both ?

Fab:

Damn, you are absolutely right. No more drinking and sufring the internet, i swear ;) Anyway - I think you deserved this kind of bounty for all your hard work.

I thought Marcik would opensource Sputnik if development stopped.

So the Sputnik bounty is officially dead now?

Anyone heard anything from Marcik? Any sign of life whatsoever?

It is not officially dead. The deadline was pushed back by 3 months for the time being.

Every donor is free to move funds or request a refund at any time if he is unhappy about the development progress.

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I like the Sputnik effort, I always did, but can't say I haven't seen *any* kind of progress for a very, very, very long time, and not even any signs of life from the developer either. I don't care about reasons or explanations. It's probably something personal, something that has happened in Marcin's life. Or he simply threw in the towel and left the platform.

I'd like to see a new snapshot release of the current development state. Or, if that's not possible, I would at least want to see some post here from the developer, saying that the project is not dead, and him assuring that the development continues, and that he still has the ambition to finish the project in three more months. Or before summer. Or before next christmas. Or at whatever time.

If he can't even make such a post, then I see no point in pushing the deadline anymore, then I'll deem it dead, futile and pointless, and I will move my money to the 8610 HW bounty (which is also a long shot, but not *entirely* futile, and could result in something very interesting).