Is SEIV going the way of the dodo?

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I think there is a great difference between forum post numbers and game playing acticity for SE IV:
For most of us SE IV is a well known game where you don't have to many questions anymore to discuss.
However I doubt that I will quit playing SE IV soon. I have my own mod, that I like, the game has no more major bugs and can handle large galaxies and huge ship/unit numbers. Even my largest games take only about 5 minutes for a turn to process at stardate 2500.0 or above.
SE V takes already 20 seconds for a turn processing at stardate 2402.0!