if they ever ship anything to the general public, i think we can make a few predictions:
1. commodore USA will end up funding AROS developers here and there
How on earth did you come to that conclusion? I mean, it's one thing for the "CTO" to want to do something with AROS, it's another thing entirely to get the "CEO" to go along with it (and I'm sure he's the one holding the purse strings).
I get the feeling that people have short memories about what the CEO said regarding AROS.