I do understand your concerns, but the NEM developers (and I as well) think that it is more important to solve certain issues (multisig is a very important example) than launching "in time". I write "in time" because it was always just an estimation so people have an idea.

Of course this is what all the scam coin devs tell the people, too. To avoid mistrust we try to be as transparent as possible concirning the reasons of the delay.

For me the most important issue is the not yet implemented/well tested multisig feature. There will be development funds and they should not be managed by singular persons. Everybody should understand that this is for public benefit.