Having Played Since WoW was first released i remember a Much more patient Blizzard, a Blizzard that took more time to make sure there games and expansions where polished before releasing them even if it meant not meeting expect release dates.

No more, i wonder what happened? This rush rush get it out attitude is more for other game companies (that will remain nameless) then blizzard. Over what happened this year lets look what happened, you released Starcraft 2 It was no where near done. Its Full of Balance issues with the 3 races and Glitches and Bugs that hackers are taking advantage of to win. Now for Cataclysm you got 4.1 on the PTR but its so Bugged and Glitched it makes me wonder why the hell your already releasing its data in the background downloader already? All The Professions are broken, Threat is completely gone from tanks, some classes DPS skyrocketed, Some Classes DPS went Completely gone, Some spells dont work at all and it constantly crashes. On the Beta there suffering all those problems but also missing content that wasn't even worked in yet and still worgen females aren't even in the game yet.

Blizzard do you think you got such a large following now that people wont notice? people will notice in time though and will start to get sick of it and other game companies that do this are already Fail companies.

Please blizzard slow down, take your time and polish this expansion so it will be more enjoyable for your loyal customers when you finally release it.
We haven't rushed anything nor are we rushing anything. We do have goals and standards that we work very hard to align and will continue to push for top quality and, most important, fun experiences.

PTRs are just that. They are test realms and are not finished until released. We are rolling toward the release of Cataclysm and things are bound to get a bit shaken up, however it's not the doom and gloom that you're eluding to here. There are going to be bugs on a PTR and glitches and things we need to find so we can make the experience everyone has better. Balance as always is ongoing and bugs will get zapped as we are able to find them, reproduce them, and find the solution that goes with fixing them.
We first must work on implementation and then work on the polish. The polish will come as it always does. Do not panic.
*I feel cheated. I had hoped this was about the pug puppy and in game title.