As I recall, the site was to get the OT on DVD (since DVD had been well established for some time and no announcement had been made for Star Wars) and there was little emphasis for the "Theatrical" versions because few of us were aware that such an emphasis was required. I think we all assumed that any DVDs would contain the original versions, and that the inclusion of a Special Edition or Special'r edition would be a bonus.
Oh, to be that young again. :(
The announcement in 2004, at first, seemed to be a victory until we started realizing that we wouldn't get the O-OT. If the purpose of the site previously was to get SW on DVD (and possibly to hook the people up with laserdisc rips), the purpose of the site then became to get the O-OT on DVD.
A lot of people cited this as proof of "they'll never be happy with anything- they've been crying about the OT on DVD, not they're crying about the O-OT on DVD, and in 2006 they'll cry about the O-OT on DVD not being anamorphic, etc..." But I think it was more of a misplaced trust that a lot of us had that we didn't need to overspecify what we wanted. When we said we wanted the OT on DVD, we clearly meant a "watchable quality" version of the O-OT.