@DarkHawke
I think you must've gotten out of the wrong side of the bed this morning.
Firstly, the money being spent here is going to be by enthusiasts, not by the developers. The time and effort being expended is worth it IMHO, as it enables the many of us who do not have a PPC based machine to see it for real. There is no impact on development time as it's doubtful that the Freiden brothers are to appear.
Every week that goes by sees improvement to the coding and providing that we get to see the latest snapshot, we could be seeing something close to what might be considered a beta.
With that end-of-year festivities (cannot remember what it's called now :-D ) coming up, something like this can act as a reminder that it's not that far off and to keep some money back. I'm only going to buy an AmigaOne once I either know a release date or have seen OS4 in action, to see how complete it is.
The Roadshow will give me a chance to see whats happening, find out the faces (or should that be feces? :-D ) behind the avatars and :pint: :pint: :pint: with the likes of BobsonSirJohnny etc.
-john