i think this was the intent. this little charade of asking sks a question and him answering and then allowing for the answer to be posted online... it was all to give the overly optimistic shareholders some time to brace themselves, between now and the time when the crushing Q4 numbers actually come out.
the message spread by the spragues and their surrogates this coming week will be hey! we have had difficult 6 months, q4 and q1 numbers won't make you happy, but look! we've delivered our TPM software to Samsung and we expect products later this spring.
of course, the key word here is "expect".
sks EXPECTS Samsung product later in the spring...