Geez. It's not speculation when you're deriving the only possibly outcome based on the information at hand. Speculating means guessing what may or may not happen using the information provided or using the lack of information.
Duo8, I made a series of deductions based on what GW has provided so far. Everyone else are making guesses based on what GW has not said so far or they are selectively choosing their favored outcome when there are heaps.
Your assumption is that you possess all the information and that therefor your deduction is correct.
IF you had all the information then your deduction would be quite sound.
However you don't possess all the information as Gamesquest1 points out - and therefor you're overlooking or ignoring potential alternatives.
Making your deduction less than perfect.
I can see I have cause confusion with my wording. What I meant was based on current info, it is definitely a kernel exploit. It might not be a kernel exploit in the end when new information surfaces.
TL;DR - you don't have all the facts.
Your deduction is based on incomplete information.
Its based on facts - just not ALL of the facts. Because not all of the facts are known to us at this point in time.
By all indications and explanations on these boards, SKY3DS has found a way around the kernel problem.
Who is to say that Gateway isn't utilizing a similar approach?
Its already been pointed out by others that it wouldn't be the first time that a flash card creator did futureproofing by overdesigning their cards so they could be expanded with a greater range of functionality at a later date.
You don't know 100% certain what Gateway can/can't or does/doesn't do.
Sky3ds: Support any 3DS system version(including the newest V9.2.0-20J). Hardware based since it basically emulates a retail card with no current possibility of further upgrade.
GW: Supports system Firmware 9.0.0-20 / 9.1.0-20J / 9.2.0-20 natively!. Software based since its a digital update, ergo they found another loophole aka exploit.
There is a potential for things getting lost in translation. Wouldn't be the first time that two people used words in a different manner.
For all we know Gateway does use a similar mechanic as SKY3DS - only is in the process of adapting it to their own card so it can support a greater range of functionality.
The reality being - we simply don't know what it is they're doing.
While it is true that GW specifically told people to upgrade to 9.0~9.2 - the assumption there is that they won't support lower versions.
Much like the assumption that they told people to stay on 4.x purely because the 9.x version will have less functionality.
Again, we lack their reasoning for giving these suggestions. And lacking that information, they could have completely different reasons for doing so than that people have assumed thus far.