I haven't been on Stockhouse so I don't really know what reach it will have. I suppose we can gather Poet is not too swift at selecting forums for promotion. Time will tell.
Yes you are correct. "release to production" is not a confirmed purchase order. A bit misleading in the presentation.
From what I understand the design in stage is frozen. No more tweaks. Then sent to a Poet customer who then in turn give samples to their customers to validate. Usually takes a few months. Then a purchae order.
I believe there is some small revenue during this timeframe. I don't like waiting anymore than you do but this seems reasonable to me.
As long as Poets products do what they say it can and for the price. I am ok. Not much choice. If the customers don't want it or a design process has to be redone, then I will be concerned.
I do not anticipate either of those.