to interject a bit of humor in this tense thread. this actually happened at Houdini yesterday
Houdini users have been waiting for latest release H19. I received an email yesterday (tuesday) from SideFx saying "dear H19 beta user. these are areas which have been updated for H19, a link to latest beta release, a link showing what all is updated, and more importantly when live version would be released.
me: oh cool, I'm a beta tester and didn't know it. clicking like a fiend I found none of the links worked. about an hour later there was a post from one of the heads as SideFx saying "oops, we inadvertently sent that beta tester email almost all Houdini users." LOL now we know what is updated and when to expect it to be released. too funny