You can tell by the way they are scrambling to fix stuff that they never intended it to get this far. It's funny that it has and it's funny that it's actually worth enough money for them to keep it going.
my bitcoin wallet is v0.8.5. don't need to get it right the first time; nobody gets it right the first time. that argument is non sequitor. the rest of your comment is generic enough that it could apply to any altcoin.