Google has not reversed their position. This is the beta for what will be 2.0 eventually. The 1.0 branch is and will be release. See: http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/17/2345216

About 1.5 hours per frame for relatively simple floating torus plus glass ball + checkerboard + infinite plane + lights and such on a stock Amiga 500. But compare what a regular PC of the time could do.

They were looking for the blueprints for the weapons of mass distraction? TWF? Really. How secure you expect to be a chess club? I suggest they up the difficulty level. Next target: the Girl Scout cookies web server