I too am thrilled with PMView, and though it hasnt had major updates, I havent exactly expected them either. Any major update at this point would make it more than what it was intended to be. And when it comes to bug fixes and such, they seem to be on the ball.
As for Pixel, I dont know enough about the situation to speculate. A business venture I was entrenched in promised a software package that was near complete and included a lot more features than promised, but was reliant on coding tools and compilers (and related libraries that were irreplaceable at any reasonable cost at that time) from another company. That company never fixed some major showstopper bugs, which required a lot of effort to circumvent those issues, leaving way too many unaddressable issues remaining even after those attempts. That company then promised new releases that addressed all of those issues, got some stuff in beta and quietly disappeared leaving the project I was working on dead in the water. That company was a big development company in Canada which slowly dwindled down to nothing. Our project was dead as soon as theirs died.
But again, I have no idea what the situation is with Pixel. I do know though, that we've heard all sorts of horror stories and problems of other OS/2 development (WarpMedia, Connectix, and various others for instance), where the company intending to release the finished product ended up being at the whim of others - much to their (and possibly our) detriment.
The other sad thing is, in the business world, it's not like you can actually announce that to your customers or potential customers until after the "fat lady sings" - otherwise your product is definitely dead. You try to hold out, hoping those others holding up your work come through, and keep on plugging away until you know all hope is lost and every alternative avenue has been explored.
So, while I have hopes that Pixel will eventually be completed and as bug free as is expected of any software, I have no expectations, and I also have no negative feelings towards them unless something surfaces showing the cause of these issues are actually theirs or within their control. I just don't know enough to know where the fault lies.
But that's just my opinion on the matter...
Rob