Being someone who works in tech support, I can tell you that scheduled release dates often change as a result of unforseen issues popping up. Most of us know that NO program goes out completely bug-free. However, if DAZ takes more time to ensure that it's as bug-free as possible before they release it, I'm more than content to wait. However, since the Studio forum is not up at DAZ and it is mid-2003, a brief update from them is not an unreasonable request. And maybe that's the way we should be phrasing this, is as a request. "Hi Daz. We're sorry to be acting like five-year-olds on Christmas Eve and you're Santa, but we're oh so curious as to how DAZ|Studio is coming along. Is there any official update at all that can be passed on to us? Thanks" Also, FyreSpiryt is correct, the more we demand be in the initial Beta, the longer it will take to get here. I'm curious myself as to the state of DAZ|Studio and I was terrible as a child on Christmas Eve, but if there is a delay, even to end of year, that means the product will be that much better when released, I'll wait.