Half-Life.org have interviewed John_Matrix from The Specialists team.

Here's a snibbit:

abaz: When the mod was started did you think it would be where it is at 2.0?

John_Matrix: Let's say that neither 2.0 is as we wanted it to be.. we've added some weapons that weren't planned but still miss some others, we've added many new features but still we miss few more... hopefully we will get back working on itafter summer for a definitive patch. But as Morfeo said: "this could be called 1.0".. The meaning is that this is a very advanced version, more than we planned.

You can see the rest of the interview over at Half-Life.org