Sorry for saying this, but messaging CORE “was not proceeding into the future” is by very far NOT what iX did, at all!
In my opinion it’s very hard to not see the treatment that CORE received as the classical bait-and-switch that unfortunately has become so standard in this industry, because at first there were words all over the place from iX about how CORE was not going to be abandoned, ever, and describing SCALE as no more than just a parallel product for a different audience, with assurances that both would evolve into the future together, in parallel.
A few of us very vocally said that’s not what it felt like, pointing at tangible practices coming from iX like development effort, Jira activity, etc., etc., kindly requesting clarity from iX, and all around we were told we were overreacting, even called paranoid at times… and, wha’da’ya’know, fast-forward just a few “paltry”, to use your own words, years, and guess what happened…
Color me so not-surprised…