There is no 'urgency' as such, but there were some expectations that things were just around the corner, let's say 'weeks' or even 'months' away - but years away? That's what it will be in a few weeks time.
What "things" were just around the corner?
A very first basic testnet version?
Even if that were the case, it would have meant months/years of additional work after that anyway.
Am I not right about that?
Back then something made georgem scrap his plans and go back to the drawing board.
I would bet my shiny metal ass that it had something to do with big investors
who were pressing hard on georgem to use mr. spread's code.
Just open your eyes, the same thing is happening to this day!
I recommend you go back to january/february and read a few of the pages and draw your own conclusions.
Don't take this out of context.
-sf-