"This is why i suggested to make the Beta forum read only to those outside the beta, so one can at least have an inkling of what is going on."

In it's current state, making the Beta forum read only would provide NO NEW information. The only two posts in the last SIX MONTHS there are entitled:

- Next Beta Release Date?
- Beta Status?

You have to go back to November of 2013 to find the last beta release (v8.45).