It's not backward at all. GPU processing has different limitations to CPU processing and a given application may or may not be suitable for GPU implementation. GPUs are not just universally better at everything. There's also the consideration that what we're doing may very well at some point be injected into someone's body, so screwing up the implementation by rushing it into production is NOT an option, no matter how many people may have cold GPUs waiting to run. This needs to be done RIGHT, not fast. How would you like it if we found out after contributing so many thousand years of GPU time (which won't take all that long, maybe a year or so of calendar time) that the results are useless because the application was rushed into production to placate people? That's all the wear and tear on the hardware, all the data sent and received and all the power consumed both by the volunteers AND the project servers, USELESS. Not a great thought, is it. As I said, this needs to be done RIGHT, not fast.
My comment, particularly the term "tantrums", is not at all out of line with the manner some people have chosen to express themselves over this issue. There has been everything from obvious sulking to threats of withdrawal from the project because they didn't get their GPU client "right now". If people don't like being called childish and their behaviour referred to as tantrums then they should consider how they are behaving, stop being so damn precious and grow up. 1 Corinthians 13:11 should ring a bell here.

Are you suggesting that because I'm requesting they keep the channel of communication open that my request itself would be the very reason they won't?

I dont have question about the time schedule for the GPU crunching .. But I have one other questions : Is there any info about the single or double precision card support?

I would like to purchase new card and if the double precision card has better usage for crunching I plan to buy it :-)

I'm not sure what message rilian is trying to convey to the rest of us WCG crunchers with the use of a very large graphic in the rilian [Feb 3, 2012 9:11:30 PM] post. Also, there is no text written in that post to explain not only what the graphic is, but more importantly, what the connection of the said graphic is to any of the earlier discussions in this thread.
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Best thing I've read in this entire thread!

ps - If you're anxious for a WCG GPU app, so am I. Sit tight...it'll be here before you know it!