If you read the story about MICROSOFT has delayed DirectX 9 Final to 19th of December did you notice this?

One major application -- 3DMark 2003 is hidden by the nasty cold winds of an NDA that we won't sign.

Could this mean that MadOnion oops I mean Futuremark are waiting for the release of DirectX 9 Final and could release 3DMark 2003 on the 19th of December as well? At least sounds reasonable. doesn't it?