No argument as all you said has truth to it. They should not have said they were going to launch on November 1st unless they knew for sure they could, then they never should have said during late November unless they knew they could.
On the flip side, I really do believe that they did not truly realize how hard the development of the "Industrial strength" web site would be. Then they tried to create it with very limited resources! BIG mistake that!!! And it is entirely due to thinking that they could that has led to this bitter pill (yes my opinion)!
Hopefully they have added "COMPETENT" programmers (several of them, as was implied in the PR) to the team so they can actually get the site done. If they endevor to do this with one resource it will Never, Ever happen and they are simply wasting their money and time!!
This kind of web site is in fact rocket science and in no way reflects a mom and pop merchandising site!
Anyone can look and see what has failied in this market (web site wise) and why! They can allso look and see what has worked! Nothing that has worked has been cheap to develop! NOTHING AT ALL!!
I have fingers crossed and we will see, no other choice really! I sincerely wish Mark, Stephanie and JG a happy Thanksgiving and hope for the best for all of us!