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2018 prediction:
The identity of at least one customer will be revealed before the end of 2018. The customer will not be Rossi in disguised form.
Let's drill down into that prediction. Will this customer (identity revealed) be an independent entity, no fan of Rossi, no relationship with Rossi, and willing to say whether the supplied product works in a real application?
Rossi no doubt has many fans who would just love to be customers, and who would accept Rossi-given testing as evidence that the supplied device works.