Going back to the very beginning, I remember the discussions around here were often not so "polite"...
- "Will you wait next year to release the game ?"
- "Does the new patch arrive already ?"
That sort of stuff was quite irritating but very constant.
It enoughs to browse the topics in late 2005 to see what the athmosphere was like... as an example:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=82081
Thinking back at the atmosphere around, I wonder a little less that Sonalyst got pis***-off