I looked at the list and didn't see it as being rushed out the door. The look at the Linux 2.4 kernel development and you'll see the same thing. Every time Linus wanted to do a freeze, some major problem showed up. It's a tradeoff that I personally like. Wow, that's really cool, I'm switching now, thanks for you guidance.
Old news is no news.
I don't understand the comment about waiting to review Windows betas. That's absolutely not the case. That's what a scoop is, and we like them. But I digress. We should be brandishing our own advantages, and then working on our shortcomings, not just wasting time, talking trash about the other desktop.