So in other words, we have only a secondhand report from someone who, while a pretty smart guy, could have been misinterpreting what he was hearing. So there is, contrary to what you said earlier, nothing from WotC directly saying the poison pill ever existed? I just want to be clear on this.
Back in post #167, you asked for any evidence to a specific claim. Then you asked for a specific link. I've provided both of those and I'm not going to argue further. In short, my independent conclusion, having again read the posts at the the time, is the same as what dmmccoy originally stated.
By the same token, one could ask: What evidence do you have that Peterson was mistaken in what he said? Provide links, please. I'm confident that no one at WOTC ever said he was mistaken at the time, even though his comments were publicly plastered on the front page of ENWorld for days.