...just remember that when dealing with third parties, one cannot control the timeline as tightly.

Also, what if new information, development, capabilities or markets opened up in the last 6 months to cause for adjustments?

What is the first draft came back with a certain amount of verticals covered and POET asked them to expand to more verticals, and add more elements? That would take more time.

There are a lot of different reasons to why there may be a delay...the question remains, should POET provide a press release every time there is an adjustment?

I am not necessarily defending POET but can envision why these things happen. There is often more moving parts behind the scenes than we initial think from our vantage point.