Agreed, in purpose if not sentiment. A month or two I can understand; more, if they provide a reason or at least an expected release date. You know what this feels like? A licensing dispute between AutoDesk and one of their software vendors (nVidia drivers, perhaps?). They can't comment on legal issues, not even to say "we are working on solving this". The best we can hope for is they discovered a major flaw in the program and are working to fix it... how happy is *that* little gem?
Just found this via Google:
http://www.rand.com/imaginit/1/pdfs/technology/software/2011_autocad_raster_design_2011_faq_us.pdf
If this doc is correct, then July 20 is the release date. From this doc, it appears there is nothing new in Raster Design other than compatibility with the 2011 products. Seems like it took an awful long time to do nothing but make it 2011-compatible.
Raster Design 2011 is now available. See info on Autodesk Products page:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?id=2600114&siteID=123112