well the way i see this as an outsider and not a trader

1.) even if simons software is free and i was to get a copy for me to see what my ecu was doing ??? then i would be interested in switching thing on/off (which i do believe is the bit he needs to ammend)
2.) as much as i know about engines and software and dyno's etc i still wouldn't try and map a ecu myself so this version of the software would be useless
3.) i would always take my car / seak info about software chip ecu's etc from a reputable company anyway

so i really don't see why any more than a test version is needed of this software so as far as i can see the only real people to benefit from what simon is doing is the mappers / company's that do mapping but surely for the price the chip company's can supply software like this for it wouldn't be any use to them either because the software they use again will be tried and tested stuff not just something someone knocked up in his spare time lol

so imho this thread and all related articles should just be deleted and forgotten about and if simon whats to go ahead with this then let him set up website and advertise on a google search or even pay for an advert on here once he's finished the software and website etc

BUT that is just imho

thanx alain