> I always assumed the announcement was just a silly April 1st Fools 
> stupidity trick designed to suck time from folks who really 
> don't have time to deal with April Fool's nonsense.

Yup. Pretty sure it was just that. Still interesting to see the discussions
coming from there. How was that... this list is chatty?! Guess that's right
;-)

Cheers,
  - Andreas