Aw, I'm just having a little sarcastic fun, noting how quickly we turn against what once was considered so good, but now is considered so bad, due to the newest thing that is considered so great. Regarding the Prophet '08, you'd think it was completely unrelated to the Prophet Rev2. I find it amusing and a little exasperating to see the latter flattered at the expense of the former. Can't they both be considered great?
A year ago or so, I was about to buy a brand new Prophet '08 Keyboard. Since I've been so happy with the instrument, I intended to buy a new unit for the long haul, assuming that a physically new instrument with new components would last a bit longer than my oldest unit. Then DSI announced the Prophet Rev2. So, I simply switched from the idea of a new Prophet '08 to that of a new Rev2. It's a matter of having some version of the Prophet '08 to last for years into the future.
I could be perfectly content with either instrument because I love the sound and features. And the strongest argument I have for getting a Rev2 is about getting a new Prophet '08, a Prophet '08+. As the name says, a Prophet Rev2 is a revision of the Prophet '08.
And by the way, if DSI does produce a Poly Evolver Rev2 of some sort, do you know what will be said about the old PEK? Yup. "What a lousy outdated bare-bones piece of vintage junk. How did we ever endure it?"