It's pointless. They don't want to reveal specifics or detail their budget plans. Their most important strategic plan (the allocation of resources) remains obscured and centralized, and thus not open to critique. It's pointless to discuss a log of things already long gone.
https://bitsharestalk.org/index.php?topic=2520.msg31546#msg31546
I3 should be aware that even if people become silent on these points, that does not imply agreement, as people likely just feel that speaking up is pointless. And support from people who have been "in the industry of 30 years" is worthless, as I3 should be trying to do something new here, and apply their own principles to themselves.
In your link it states that Bytemaster said 10% would be allocated to marketing. In relation to other expenses, it seems to be closer to 50% of what has been paid out so far. With that kind of money going to marketing, I have to ask what exactly is being done? I think the Bitcoin conferences that interfere with the release schedule of BTS-X must be tapping into this huge allocation of money. Probably not the most efficient way of marketing. Debating over who's idea is better with nothing but conceptualized thought experiments and code that has never been implemented, all for the benefit of an audience who is already well versed in what BTS is theorized to be is not worth the time lost that should've been going to actual development to the already late release.
2014-04-11
Bitcoin Expo 2014
Toronto, ON, Canada
2014-04-23
Bitcoin Conference Russia
Moscow, Russia
2014-05-10
Global Bitcoin Summit 2014
Beijing, China
2014-05-15
Bitcoin Foundation Bitcoin 2014
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014-05-31
Central Europe Bitcoin Expo
Vienna, Austria
2014-06-20
Bitcoin in the Beltway
Washington, DC, United States
2014-06-24
Inside Bitcoins Conference & Expo
Hong Kong, China
2014-07-09
Inside Bitcoins Conference & Expo
Melbourne, Australia
2014-08-25
Camp Bitcoin
Black Rock City, NV, United States
2014-09-01
World Bitcoin Forum 2014
Bonn, Germany
2014-09-15
Inside Bitcoins London
London, England
2014-11-02
Bitcoin World at Money2020
Las Vegas, NV, United States
That is the list of upcoming conferences for the rest of the year.
You have 2 more this month, 3 next month, 2 the following yada yada yada.....
Are we going to have to watch and wait while you(I3) piss through the huge pile of money and waste time at these upcoming conferences before we get BTS-X?
All I am looking for is results. If I don't see results, then you(I3) will have to deal with my questions. Whether you answer them or not is up to you, but I will not sit back and let my concerns go unnoticed.