Things are not as bad as that Piston but there is a chance the way this has been managed recently that there could be further delays because. It seems there is a lot of positivity towards the upgrade but every time they make announcements then renege it affects the morale of those following ETH, it is having an adverse effect on the Ethereum community and further delays will not help the situation.

Piston, I know you are not positive about this but let us give it some time more before we talking about the demise of ETH