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I am also disappointed at iRex shifting all its R&D force to new product. Hope it's a tempory strategy, and iRex will re-focus on removing iLiad's bugs soon.
As an amateur developer, iRex's releasing iLiad source code is quite good for me. I can do something fancy with my iLiad now. Although I am willing to share my resources, I do the coding for fun and for my own interests, not for general users's needs. So, I think community projects are more prone to developer-centered, not user-centered. Community projects alone will not make iLiad better selling in market.
Therefore, iRex should pay more attention to the needs of general users. After all, general users are the major customers, not developers. Releasing source code is a plus, but it's not fundamentally critical.
I am not complaining. In fact, I am quite satisfied with my iLiad (as long as it can survive two more years). I just want to say: If iRex hopes, by releasing source code, community projects will keep iLiad survive, that's impossible.
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