Ok, I'll be the total pessimist. The poll should have read, "Has the X1000 already failed?"
To which I might say, yes. Because I can not think of a more stubborn company that at all occasions chooses to avoid any obvious and easy routes to secure customers and sales of hardware or software.
They are on a vision quest. Not a business quest.
Besides, executing thoughtfully and becoming a success would really break with tradition. We wouldn't know what to do.