Yeah, I figured that Google would probably ignore the whole petition thing and go straight ahead with their plan (a bit stubborn imo, but whatever). I understand the reasons that Google hasn't given us anything completed (ie, for the greater good. finished product that is "perfect"), but I was hoping that Google would at least keep us informed ("August 23rd we will be releasing X" or even incremental SDK updates would be nice).

Well, I guess we wait. By the way, you're missing an 'l' in your link.