Yes, that is a valid point. I was more active in the amiga community at one time, and I used to pretend it was a complete hoax even from the beginning....everything is a hoax until it does something...I did very much doubt Ryan had the resources to produce anything, I was aware that Ryan had more than no resources, apparantly Ryan had some cash he was willing to burn.
He bought his way into a minor status as an Amiga player, but in the end nothing was produced, except a small web site selling a few things at high prices that was never updated and now that AmigaZone isn't relevent it looks like he is hosting the final resting place for that venture.
Should I gloat, naaaa probably not, I'm sure he tried, and thats good:)
But he should come clean and be honest. for example, we all know imageFX is a one man plus operation....so what he produces, its a good product, its OK, we're a small community we understand.
What we all hate is false promises, megalomania, and the like.