This is open source software. Perhaps at this phase they're not interested in having you as a user? You seem to have a lot of expectations & be uninterested in

This is open source software. Perhaps at this phase they're not interested in having you as a user? You seem to have a lot of expectations & be uninterested in the underlying technology. Open source is about more than "things work as advertised;" it's also about picking good tech & insuring we have open paths to the future we can advance on. Your belief that "Needs to be a lot further along," applies to who? Yourself? Everyone? This seems like a great pitch to me, at a great time to get onboard.