I can't tell if people are joking or not sometimes but just in case you're serious Richard is one of the nicest guys in all of VST land. I've net known him since before the KVR crash around 2000-2001.
I can assure you there are no nefarious reasons why Dune 3 has not yet been released. It could even be something with the people who run the Synapse web transactions, Digital River which would be out of Synapse Audio's control. Perhaps DR hasn't posted the file for purchase/download yet. Could be any number of things but again any anger aimed at Rich or Synapse is misguided in my opinion.
I'm sure they are working as hard as possible to get the release out. They are smart men and understand that Enthusiasm can turn to Apathy if given enough time.........
Apologies if you were just joking. I couldn't really tell........