We understand your pain, we’re actually in pain here as well since we’re REALLY eager on releasing Passenger. Just as an indication, this baby has been done for almost 3 weeks now… :’( Though we’ve managed to fix a few bugs in the meantime.

From a commercial point of view, we do hope however that you understand that we’re postponing the official release just a little longer. After all, we’re also a startup company and that takes some time to maintain as well, and it’s really important that we make our mark with Passenger.

But seriously, again, we really understand your pain here, and it is for this reason that we’re going to propose a deadline to our beta testers. We’ll post more on this tomorrow though, we’ve had an 11 hour workday… Just like you guys we can’t wait to share this with the world.

For now, hang on, just for a little while. We’ll probably announce a release date tomorrow as well so that you can help us count down to.

Here are some posts for you in a bid to try and get you to release asap:

http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch02_Fix_Time_and_Budget_Flex_Scope.php
http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch06_Test_in_the_Wild.php
http://gettingreal.37signals.com/ch06_Shrink_Your_Time.php

joking aside I think it’s brilliant that you’re being so thorough. I’m sure the end product will reflect all the effort that you’ve put in so far

But at least now you know that you won’t have to wait a full year.