I'm an IPO myself, and know the coin would work fine with Scrypt. Like many other coins. Litecoin sound familiar?
I guess we won't know for another 2.5 years (amount of time litecoin has been out).
In 8 months ScryptN ASIC will be out. So I'd say less than 2.5 years.
The point of releasing the source code to pools is so they're ready to roll. Holding the passwords would prevent that. The other points about forking are also valid, but remember guys, you chose ScryptN. Very few farms out there with it right? 
Exactly my point. Pools shouldn't BE "Ready to Roll" If someone wants early coins then solo for a few. Not like its hard. Could prob teach a monkey to solo if you had a fairly smart monkey and some patience. Also soloing helps to spread nodes so that the pool wallets dont fork the chain. Not like I expect to get any coins while soloing a hyped coin like this but if it is not done then watch this baby fork till the cows come home and then write the coin off.
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The other side of the coin is a lot of coins have issues with launch because the distribution point becomes DDOS'd. Valid concerns on both sides I agree, but he's wagering either way. This is why a launch with standard Scrypt and then if necessary a move to a new algo, would've been better than changing half his original gameplan less than a day before launch.