Has anyone mentioned that the most likely scenario is that all of our opinions on this subject are completely and utterly irrelevant, the course of action long ago decided? If so +1.

Oleg will hold his cards close to the vest, he's way too smart to do anything else, considering especially how many times he's been burned.

Yup.

And even if Oleg had ever thought about doing this (unlikely), the attitude of the nit-pickers and cloudbase-spirit-level-appliers on this forum would guarentee that he wouldn't ask anyone who posted here to help. Genuine beta-testing, as opposed to 'let the fanboys have a look just for the free publicity' requires people who understand elementary principles about software, not egotistic day-dreamers...

Open beta is a bad idea for first release of SOW. Too many things have to be kept secret until the very end. There are wankers already trying to get their greasy hands on the SOW code for one reason or another. The later this loosers come in contact with the game, the better.
For addons after BOB, once SOW engine is known to the public, maybe.

In the mean time I have a blast with the DCS A-10.:mrgreen: