Thank you Drath for writing these issues up so nicely.
This interview was already discussed in this forum, although not in that much depth as you provided.

What I am curious about is what David Walgrave is going to tell us on the Panel From Hell on February, 17th.

I for one am pessimistic for that Panel, as I fear they will explain to us, which ideas they came up with to make the game more flashy and what is their solution for the balance problems.

In the last panel I didn't get the feeling that Chris Perkins from WotC felt too comfortable, and the whole Panel came across a little bit awkward, at least to me. Maybe that's the reason he is not included this time.

Just my two cents.