Welcome leafs4ever.
You are bang on. A great many of us here have felt the same way about POET's value and have waited several years for the technology to get where it is today.
The reality is, milestones have been met and prototypes are being optimized. We are in good hands.
It is just a matter of time from here on in IMHO. My only wish was to have gotten in now instead of when I actually did. It has been like swimming against the current but soon we will all be inside the boat.
Good luck and spread the word leafs.