So why not go for Ethereum instead of ETC?

Upcoming software releases, they wanted BETA code released in June

So does Ethereum IIRC, and their developers aren't known fraudsters

Fall 2017, they expect to have softare running on their new roadmap

Ethereum already does.

Hybrid PoS & PoW model, instead of pure PoW… better for miners!

So does Ethereum!

Mining is like free marketing for coins, ETH is dropping mining completely, but ETC is keeping it!

So is it PoW+PoS hybrid or PoW only? You're contradicting yourself.

ETC advantage… "contract is law", rather than something we hard fork to change

There was miner's consensus.

I have not tested this, but it's probably much cheaper to launch a smart contract on ETC than ETH

All that is moot because nobody will use ETC over ETH.

Solid development team that is proving themselves by diving head first into the core code

Ethereum has the brightest minds such as Vitalik working on it. What does ETC bring to the table?