Ckssla, bear it is a very applicable term. I don't want to sound like an apologist, but I have been in a similar situation myself. Suppliers often promise more than they can deliver in order to land a contract, clients never seem to realize that minor changes can be more time-consuming than anticipated, etc. Having met Robert personally and corresponded with him several times over the last 20 months, I feel I have a fair grasp of his integrity; IMHO, he tries to present the facts as he knows them at the time. Just like us, he has no particular gift for infallibly predicting the course of future events.
Like zibel, I have some difficulty in reconciling the "end-user" visibility of our designs at CeBIT vs zibel's first-hand account. It is possible that the PR was assuming that the jukebox and MP2000 would be displayed in a manner similar to CES 2001 in Las Vegas. If they weren't, it's not necessarily a bad thing. There is always the possibility that the demand for private presentations to potential OEMs may have overidden the desire to have the units on public display (at least in the case of the Eastech jukebox). As for the MP2000, I doubt that was the case. That event, IMHO, might be worthy of further inquiries.
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