I think knc is where they want to be right now slightly ahead of schedule for September deliveries. If I were the competition I would be worried seeing as how once they pump out these machines they begin working on more energy efficient models maybe even 22nm chips.
Nothing to worry about so long as they don't mine with what they produce. I hope they give Chinese scammers an uphill battle and I wish KNC the best. I will proudly support them. We need somebody competent in the ASIC world that can deliver. If everything goes as planned for a September delivery then it's about fricken' time.
HUH? they DO mine with their product, as stated on the site....lol...what's wrong with that?
orly...that's news to me.

That wasn't on the site last I looked. But I haven't looked in a while.
We need developers that stick to testnet.
Do they mine just what they need or do they plan on owning the network like ASICMiner?
I think you're both confused. They, as in each individual; Sam, Andreas, Johan, Marcus and Michael are miners themselves.
That doesn't mean they mine for profit using your hardware.
When it comes to testing they aim to have our wallet details, so the machines can be preconfigured the and the test credit enter our wallets, therefore, when we receive the product, we can simply; "plug n' play".