We're working furiously on Ximian GNOME 1.4 right now. We're
sorry it didn't happen instantly, but we have more of a
responsibility to provide a high-quality, working desktop to
our users than to placate the freshmeat junkies. I'm sure you
understand :-).
Expect something pretty neat pretty soon. I don't think you'll
be disappointed; we've been pulling hundred hour weeks for a while
now, and we think you'll like the result.
Oh, and for me, the really exciting thing about me not being CEO anymore
is that I can work hundred hour weeks on the desktop instead
of the CEO-ly duties that previously consumed my days for the last
two years. But that's just my selfish reaction :-).