A cikin duniyar software, ba zamu iya cewa wani abu ya mutu ba har sai wanda ya haɓaka ya sanar cewa suna watsi da aikin. Wani abu kamar wannan ya faru tare da GParted, sanannen mai sarrafa manajan bangare wanda, bayan ɗan lokaci da shekaru 15 bayan fitowar sa ta farko, kai sigar 1.0. Wanda bai kai ga sigar 1.0 ba amma ya tashi shekaru bakwai baya S3 Direbobi masu zane-zane by Tsakar Gida
Bai wuce shekaru bakwai ba da fitowar sabon fasalin direbobin S3 Graphics kuma, bayan dogon lokaci, muna iya tunanin cewa masu kirkirarta sun yi watsi da aikin, amma ba su yi ba. Jiya alhamis fito da sabon sabunta direban xf86-video-s3 ammaKamar GParted, har yanzu bai kai sigar 1.0 na software ba, amma abin da suka ba mu shine v0.7.0. Sabon sigar yana bi v0.6.5 wanda shine wanda muke da shi akan Linux tun 2012.
Yanzu akwai sabon sigar na S3 Graphics direba, xf86-video-s3 0.7.0
Kavin Brace ne, mai ba da gudummawa na bude tushen da aka sani don aiki a kan direban VIA OpenChrome da sauran "na da" direbobin zane-zanen bude, wadanda suka saki xf86-video-s3 0.7.0, wani sabon sigar wanda, kamar yadda zaku iya karantawa a wannan haɗin, baya zuwa da labarai masu mahimmanci. Brace ke kula da hakan, shiryawa da ƙaddamar da direbobi "na da" da kuma S3 Graphics, shekara bakwai da suka gabata, ana iya ɗaukar su azaman hakan.
Aikin Brace ya haifar da wasu gyare-gyare don magance gargaɗin mai tarawa da amfani da fayil mara kyau wanda aka yanke. Sauran masu ba da gudummawar X.Org suma sun yi magana akan wasu batutuwan tattara abubuwa, sabunta fayilolin README, da sauran kayan yau da kullun. Wannan galibi kawai sakin gyara ne don bawa direban S3 X.Org damar tattarawa tare da sabbin nau'ikan sabar xorg.