"Dmitry Belikov" wrote:

> Thank you, John!
>
> In short, I left the team and joined Microsoft.
>
> The team still supports customers. They have about 8-10 tickets resolved
> every day. We had our serialization engine ready, which was about 10 times
> faster than .NET Framework serialization and we were about to release a
> product that would unite compact framework, .NET framework and IE-hosted
> controls through .NET Remoting-like infrastructure. On .NET Framework it was
> .NET Remoting, on all other platforms (CE and inside IE where you don't have
> permission to use reflection) we mimicked .NET Remoting 1:1.
>
> With the release of WCF, announcement of silverlight and lost of several
> members of the team, things went in an unpredictable way and that led to
> changes in priorities. I was assured that Genuine Channels is still among the
> favorits and the laboratory is willing to continue development in that
> direction.
>
> They're probably about to regain the previous pace and continue with
> constant releases. Though the exact strategy is still uncertain at this
> point. Presumably, we can look forward to release of bidirectional channels
> for WCF and 3-rd party serialization layer for all platforms.
>
> As for the temporary unavailability of the server, I was told that right now
> everything is in place and works.
>
> If you have any questions, you can direct them at support@genuinechannels.com!
>
> Best regards,
> Dmitry