We know what is needed to become a 3rd party, and we don't feel we're ready yet to ask ED.
We appreciate the compliment, but we know our work has a LONG way to go. Additionally, some of the "good" stuff is us leveraging the SFM/SSM, which official 3rd parties cannot really do.
I'd prefer there be no comments about others in this thread, please. They all kick ass in their own ways and have done a lot of great work. I have a ton of respect for the difficulty of the development process, much more so than before we started.
--gos