Even though they put that his comment was posted by a "reader", it's still being reported as news and people now will be citing his comment as fact. The sad thing is, off-hand comments with no factual basis are often reported as fact. I thought what's been shown in the roadshow was a beta. How old is Nate's info?
One thing cool, though, is that to get on the list (from what I gather), there have to be people who really wanted it to come out. So, being on the list is really a good thing, in a way. :-)
On other thing, I don't remember any promises of AOS4.0 being out in 2003. Did I miss that announcement? I remember only them saying that they wouldn't be making any announcements until they had something to release. It's been "it'll come out when it's done" for a while now, hasn't it?