No one has been fired, though plenty (plenty: one is enough) of people have left the project and it seems there is little (read: less than before) activity. These days, the forum is mostly just people not reading the other posts and posting threads to ask what is happening. The short answer is the project has been put to the side for now. Nothing has happened in the past few month other than a few people quitting the team because of time limitations.

Trafton: fact edit. Thanks for making me look and feel increadibly stupid, FQuist.