Ouch. LWAMI was around by then.
At that time, LWAMI was about using database and doctrine fixes to get DW to work the way it should because there were so many bugs and so many things that the database was meant to do that were never implemented for DW (at least not the commercial version). After 1.04, LWAMI has focused on database expansion, and we've probably doubled the number of platforms available.
Hyperlobby and Gamespy more or less died. Dangerouswaters.pl helped revive gamespy a bit. The Seawolves had a "civil war" and what was the SSN division seceded and became "Global Naval Strike Force." The Seawolves Surface Division was expanded to include the former SSN division and renamed the Seawolves Virtual Navy. Another group left the SVN to form the Silent Sharks, who have made a few memorable appearances in these forums.
Italian modders came out with Alpha Tau, a LWAMI based mod that featured new playables with stock interfaces
Russian modders came out with Reinforce-Alert, a mod featuring new playables with new interfaces. After some time they appropriated the name "DWX" since the SCX team wasn't using it.
Sometime after RA came out, SCS made a statement to the effect of giving tacit approval to the new-playables mods, although they have not officially reversed their stand on the issue. Frying Tiger makes rare appearances here, giving us some (probably false) hope that SCS will once again return to the commercial sim business, but for now that's not happening.