Yes, I have read those comments. True. But my point still stands, as in there has been no official release. There is a change made in the purchase policy, thats a fact. There is an end date, and i missed that one. Still, that has also not been communicated to those who have a year subscription.
I see this as an announcement that the beta is in its ending period. Those who bought a year subscription prior to the post of Tim, still get their half year for free (as originally intended for beta period).
It seems as if ISI just realized they have pretty much messed up the last year. They did some good things, don't get me wrong, but they have messed up a lot as well. All in all, I think most are disapointed looking back. So, they have, as tim said, tried something new. Read closely, he does not say its out of beta, he just calls it rf2.
The game is not finished. Several features are not there, which would be in a commercial for instance. Drivers swaps are elementary for rf2, as that was 1 of their major hits with rf1. Just an example.
Flaws are always in a game. Bugs which are present for a long time, can stay for a long time. If they are not that big issue, and have a workaround, people are easily tempted to do those items last. But still, I can't imagine ANY company would "officially release" a new game, with the known bug list that rf2 at the moment has.