While I respect people's decisions not to upgrade til Gold, I think that a "bury your head in the sand" attitude when it comes to looking at hacks etc for 3.5 is silly - It's not going to go away just because you don't want to look at it - Why not setup a testboard and try hacks out, and try releasing your own as well - 3.5 is different to 3.0, and the sooner you learn about it the sooner you can upgrade and have most if not all of the features you want on it
Satan