Quite frankly Bobb, being critical is not a bad thing. I am critical of several things regarding the BoB development (but this pertains to individual aspects or objects) and not the information policy. What I simply despise is the steady repetition of the same question for a release date again and again. First and foremost it's probably not known even to Oleg when the game will be done. And secondly behaving like a small kid in the back of the family car asking "Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" isn't going to help, either. It just makes one look anything but adult. Why bother with a release date? It'll come out when it's done. It's not like the world is stopped until SoW comes out ...
And concerning the information policy. I have been following the Il-2 development ever since Oleg made his first steps into the spotlight a decade ago. Looking back at the turn of events I'd say development updates and Q&As were a major mistake, because - as I said in my first post - it simply created an unreal atmosphere of expectitions (which Maddox Games could never fulfill) and gave too many jerks a platform for their 5 minutes of Internet fame. Oleg was flamed, accused of bias, whined at, showered with ridiculous demands and even more ridiculous rumors and was all too often personally attacked ... and nothing can justify that behavior. I can fully understand why he is keeping his cards so close to his chest this time and I agree with him - no need to hold out your hand if you're getting your own words thrown back at you.