Pinned straw:
I have the same thoughts. It's not a failed company though. It still has sales, albeit not as projected. They ramped up expenses expecting the sales but they now have to wind back expenses down. They have taken out technical people and left the sales people. The ramp up in expenses was taking on sales people. So my interpretation is that they are trying to bring sales forward and product development will lag. There's a real chance of a takeover given the background of the recent board appointment.
Held.
My ahort answer is, you cant really be mission critical if tou have trouble getting money out of your customers