Believe it or not, but a release date means that Daz has commited to release something, if that happens in time or gets delayed like many other software projects, I don't care much about. But the commitment to release and the commitment to include new functions is important.

Everyone seems to be forgetting that with Carrara 8.5 and Genesis support need platform work like DUF file format, Metadata, CMS, Daz Install Manager and other not so exiting stuff that should be counted into the development time since Carrara will need and use those.