Was the segsig thing also what delayed POW2 last November? I recall the dev status post saying heaps of changes would be bundled together.
Crypto protocols are a race to market. IMO.
The main dev admitted SegSig is the reason for the delay in August but thought for long term it would be the right move for Gulden, if they remove SegSig from the release it would be a major disaster because we could of had reduced PoW rewards and earning interest last year September.