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There are plenty of companies that’ll create a professional looking website for your product, whether it exists or not. That doesn’t mean anything.

What I find more surprising is announcing such a project if there is no result yet, now they get buzz and create disappointment and I don’t see what they gain for it.

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That was my point. Announcing that something will (i.e. may) be available in the future is a sure way to shoot yourself in the foot and lose a lot of sympathy.

It is also a sure way to get some attention from potential users and contributors which is good for the project

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