I dont think thats personally true. As Ben has already mentioned, Access has recieved no money whatsoever from the pre-orders.
Even tho I think most of us knew it wouldnt be ready for December, and I think Access knew this also in thier heart of hearts I DONT think they thought it would take this long.
I believe they totally underestimated how hard it would be to implement the TI software and get it working correctly (or how they want it to work) on all the wide range of different hardware configurations there is about, which is basically very poor R&D on thier part.
Either way you look at it the facts are:
Access wants this thing shipping as much as we do, probably more so if the amount of emails and phone calls they get about the TI everyday (even if they do give an automated response) is anything to go by.
Even though they have said they wont, they SHOULD communicate more with customers about the problems they had/are having which I think would stop a lot of the bitching and show some sign of respect to the pre-order people/people holding out for the release. The silence thing is nearing on childish now and I really cannot see what they hope to achieve by not saying anything.
No matter how long they beta test the TI will be released with bugs anyway, its unavoidable. I just hope none are show stoppers that put even more egg on Access's faces, and that we have to wait another 6 months for another OS update or re-write.
When it comes down to it no matter how long it takes to ship the TI it WILL sell out immediately, with or without bugs. Previous versions of the virus have shown this and the following it now has is immense....everyone seems to want one. The tiny fraction of people who have cancelled their order to protest (achieving fuck all) or to buy other gear (fair enough) will be replaced by 30 other people all wanting on the virus bandwagon. So no matter how much Access fuck up this release (can they really make it any worse?) this virus TI WILL be a success.
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