Respectfully scary....I am sure management would greatly enjoy using earlier dates...but are setting expections when they did for a reason.  Lets all keep in mind that poet is creating groundbreaking science with this solution.  

My read is mgmt is providing a very realistic and very conservative time frame for when meaningful revenue from POET will come online.  As it was said, under promise and over deliver....a better way to work with investors.  I certainly believe the timeline can be reigned in as developments/acheivements happen.  

The sp can move on nre, new cust relationships/partnerships, prototype shipment, first POET order awards, denselight progression... and so on, before h2 2018. 

There is light in the tunnel.   Hang in there.