I think the almoner of Devcoin should meditate on this email I just received by Ripple:

"At the end of May, we will begin a ripple (aka XRP) giveaway to everyone who signed up for our email list on or before May 9, 2013.  Tens of thousands of folks will be getting ripples!  We will be sending emails for this ripple giveaway in batches.  Everyone who is eligible will receive their giveaway email by the end of the month."

What are we waiting for? Let's give samples, a free giveway to anybody, so they will know them and will create a wallet.
There is not that great difference between XRP and Devcoin on this point: both produced in large quantity. The only difference is that are circulating more XRP in beta test then devcoin in two years of activity.