In reply to Weston Ruter.

@weston - I think it's a fair assessment that the plugin had a rocky start. They didn't present the original plugin as being targeted towards developers. When they announced it on WordPress.com, Automattic made it sound like it was safe for anybody to just install: "And if you have a self-hosted WordPress site, we’ve got you covered too. Here’s a free AMP plugin – click here to install it." Then when folks had trouble using it, as you saw in the forums, nobody was available to offer support. Nowhere in the plugin's description at that time did it say it was an early version geared towards developers. Covering the history of its development is of interest to our readers because for many of them, the early version was their first experience of the plugin. People started wondering if it had been completely abandoned because of a lack of updates and support. The coming updates in 1.0 may encourage those who previously had a bad experience with the plugin to come back and give it another shot.