dubdisciple
Bye. It must be really hard for people to simply stop using a product without making a grand diva exit.
Hmm.. I rather think it is a try to get X2b "on the table".
If he is one of the people that has been hit by some bugs and never has been able to use the software he bought in full potential, I think it is reasonable to expect at least a bug-fix before forking out money for a brand new release. If he has to pay a full upgrade to get those bug-fixes he is waiting for, it is not that strange he will consider buying software that has less bugs..
Now - don't get me wrong - I myself did not encounter anything that was not solvable with X2, although I must admit I only used X2 for a full trial period (I am still on X1, mostly for financial reasons because I had to upgrade my hardware and other software as well). It seems, however, some people had more than their share of problems with X2.
I have the feeling X2b will not show up (I would love to be wrong here), and the next update/grade will be X3. I hope I still have some time to upgrade to X2, because a X1 to X3 upgrade will probably be too expensive for me at this moment.