This in no mean is meant to offend you, but to poke fun at your statement
Don't take it seriously.
What you said works really great on paper, really great. It was woven with logical and reasonable sentences but, there's just one problem you can't deny. None of us (as in humans) are very prone to logic and/or reason. We're rational, yes, but even then that sometimes illudes any single one of us.
It's not that some of us are new to the scene (in my case, I've been at this for years, so I know exactly what waiting means) but you can't go against the power of statements.
Gateway for a long time has betted on it's support in 4.5 firmware and 4.5 only. It has NEVER (to my knowledge) stated support for 9.x until NOW. There's a difference here. What was said, and what wasn't.
Everyone's been waiting patiently, no one really batting an eye because.. Well.. Gateway or any other card team ever said a thing (let's exclude Sky3DS). But NOW Gateway announced 9.x support. It's like when you're a kid, and you spend your whole time waiting for christmas/birthday, but you never really think about it because it's so far away. Suddendly, your parents (or what have you) tell you christmas/birthday is near and there's a gift or two in that christmas tree just for you.
You.Lose.Your.Sh*t.
And that's just what happened to me and thousands of others who thought 9.x (or later) was somewhat of an impossibility and put that chance in a drawer far, far away. We've all got a little, impatient kid inside of us.
So.. I'm certain I speak for some when I say we know it took AND will take time to develop this new, exciting possibility.
With that said, I take your beer and raise you two more. Despite the cold weather, it still feels good.
