It may be as you say or not. I don't want to make off topics here so it will be one of my last posts.
Regarding drivers: It's true that Thesycon is charging for drivers but the news (dated 1 year back or more) is that every manufacturer which has built products around XMOS processors has the right (according to Thesycon) to ask for latest driver packs from them free of charge. I know this directly from Mrs. Ute Eberhard from Thesycon. This means that every manufacturer that acquired in the past at least a batch fo XMOS processors with -THS extension is eligible for this deal!
So, if M2Tech has acquired at least a batch of such a processors then is included. And, the beautiful story is that IT IS included in the eligible list! I also know this from Mrs. Ute which has checked on them and confirm my suppositions (otherwise, at that time - 2013 - they wouldn't be capable to build up their own drivers 1.7.0 unless they have passed through all that nasty process!). So far, the M2Tech has the right to update the drivers WITHOUT paying for them anymore! This deal comes after XMOS itself has abandoned the driver deal some time ago and Thesycon taken it from where it was left!
In the past I had to prove that I acquired processors with -THS extension to get the latest driver packs from XMOS site, now I'll go directly to Thesycon and ask the same thing!
M2Tech had to sign a new contract between Thescyon and them and voila: they have drivers! So far is simple as that!
Now, if you don't want to cross through this hassle hiding behind the "software company" story then this is another thing! It's hard for me to imagine how a simple guy like me ("one man show" company if I can say that) manages to build up drivers for WaveIOs, get all necessary information for that and make it while a whole company like M2Tech isn't capable!
Maybe additional payment for Microsoft certificates has scared them ... we all know that every further payment will make capitalists go angry!
In the end and related to drivers, I can assure you that if M2Tech wanted then they could/can build up drivers for their products. From Thesycon's point of view there's no charges, like aren't in Luckit's case! Nevertheless, it all comes down to the matter of will and principle: as a manufacturer, will you or will you not support your product in such a way that any buyer take benefit of our products for as much time as possible? From the capitalist's point of view, this principle is useless but on my side, human is above money and this can be seen through WaveIO for a coupe of years.
Here you're not right!
As for attention: you're partially right because, even if drivers aren't used with WaveIO then I'll get attention only by the fact that one can see the "WaveIO" name in Program Files and when installation will take place (through that picture you see in the installation process). The huge downside of all this is the fact that almost ALL the remaining manufacturers could take benefit of this security breach. While I'm paying for all the charges to have latest drivers, some chinese and SK copycats are selling cheap products knowing that the buyer will have the opportunity to have latest drivers from Luckit. How convenient! After all, if less and less peoples will acquire WaveIO boards because there are cheapest and most of them poorly made alternatives on eBay, Aliexpress and other sites, what I will do with that "attention" I'm having if my business is dying? I say to you: it's useless on my case!
In the past I survived because of the quality of products I'm building and I'll survive from now on regardless of that "attention" I could get by sharing drivers to the crowd, which may or may not be favorable for me. I REALLY DOUBT that a thief that's stealing WaveIO drivers is capable to support the product from which is stealing off and pay for a more expensive alternative to the crappy chinese market! I didn't live to see that exception!
In the end I want to say again that the decision stays regardless of how many "attention" I will get from hacking my drivers! After all I'm one of the firsts that has built boards around XMOS processor and that's enough for me so far!
Kind regards,
L