I realize this is months old. I've had this post bookmarked with a note to come back and respond when I could think of something to say. The thing to realize is that announcements and information stopped, but the work never even slowed.
Your friend will have their assets in their hands very shortly. You all have my apologies for the time it took to get it this far, I've had to go it alone on the development end from architecture to final implementation, it's been a lot of work.
You've both already been over in the vivacoin thread so I have nothing to add here. But drop a line to the email in that post, I'm in a position where I need testers. I'm inviting you both to be part of that if you'd like.
I'm going to try and reach out to you in email, because it's doubtful this post will ever see the light of day. But at least I finally can say something.
RE: My take on Vivacoin