> the developer team themselves promising things that turns out to be
> missing out when the thing actually gets here

That's not what happened. After all, OS4.2 isn't here yet, isn't it? Ssolie's rowing back and postponing took place a couple of days after his infamous AmiWest 2009 announcements.

> don't shoot the messenger

This concept doesn't really apply when the messenger alters the message, i.e. changes "3.x" to "3.0", does it? ;-)

> I think this list still is kind of complete for 3.0 release

Yes, but the thing is that it has everything for 3.0 *and more*, and we do not know what's for 3.0 and what's only for later, which also doesn't have to mean 3.1 necessarily.

> some things (is WPA/WPA2 finished in AROS yet? Airport? Etc) might need
> more developing time?

According to geit, AirPort support and SMBFS will not be in 3.0, among other things he didn't specify. The statement about AirPort has also been confirmed by jacadcaps. And as Fab just revealed, 3.0 will come without 3D support for R300.

> When MorphOS [...] has come as far as it possibly can on PPC
> [...]
> MorphOS will make the most out of the PPC platform
> [...]
> when it can't get any further, when all HW has been supported

According to the translation of Fab's outlook that's not decided yet. Should the MorphOS Team decide to skip G5 Macs then MorphOS definitely won't have "come as far as it possibly can on PPC" and won't have made "the most out of the PPC platform".