First of all, this topic is a month old, so I don't see what dragging this back up again will do other than cause more problems. We gave them the best answer we could. Would you prefer no answer at all and to have people think the project has died, as apposed to an answer you don't like? It wasn't meant to be mean or flaming torwards the person who wrote the message although after re-reading it myself, I could have worded that better because it does sound a little bit harsh even though that wasn't what it was intended to be.
As for that donation link, I can't modify my profile to remove that because of a bug in the board. I removed that link from my profile on all boards I visit with exception of this board since I can't get my profile to modify.
Anyway, there is no point in people dragging this topic up again and again, so I am going to lock it.
The only simple answer I can give is that it will be ready when it's ready and people should not hound him. Again this isn't meant to be mean, it's just the only and best answer you can get right now.