I do not often comment on issues such as these, because there's enough trouble either way if you say something. Not saying anything proved to be less troublesome.
So anyway... I would like to add that business negotiations do break down for any number of reasons, and the parties involved are usually very reluctant to explain in public as to what went wrong. This in itself is a tactical decision.
Sometimes negotiation tactics fail because the negotiating parties are unable to make their respective points and find common ground.
The short term tactics may have no direct relation to long term strategy.
This is "normal" in this business, in any business.
Things change, and the change is not a indication of poor performance or lack of confidence on the side of any party involved.
I am not sure what you are wanting to say without saying it (almost politician like)
they want to make some quick bucks in "classic market" because they see that there is movement at the moment, jump the train so to say. But if Gunnars comments are not totally wrong there is no interest in really investing in this market, for them the "classic users" obviously always were a resource for potential 4.X buyers, not a real market on its own. I doubt that this suddenly has changed. If they are really offering new software and improvements they can proof me wrong. For a start they could lift artifical ram limitations on "4.X for classics" that causes problems on UAE. By that they would show signs of customer orientation. Until that I do not believe that. Here some start to become euphoric and buy to "support development". For such a conclusion it is much too early.
