I don't think the fact that the TCP/IP bounty got so much money is negative.
People put money for what they want and for some people a native TCP stack (even if not up to current standards) is better than nothing (or chasing after old 68k stacks).

On a similar subject I hope that the KHTML bounty will get more money than currently because a decent web browser is something most users need to avoid to use a PC / Mac on the side of their Pegasos.

Firewire stack ? Yes I would like one if I had an NLE software.
For mass storage USB2 would be great.

Needless to say I love when the MorphOS team surprise us with a release.