Samsung NX-series revelation: OptronTec is the exclusive lens provider

Through the Samsung Talk forum, we learn of a news article from a Korean newspaper, where it is revealed that Korean company Optron-Tec will be the exclusive lens provider of the Samsung NX-series cameras. The original article from Korea is in Korean (computer-translated) but the OP at dpreview kindly translates it for the rest of us.

The article also reveals that mass lens production will begin in August and the cameras will allegedly start shipping in late September.

A discussion of this has started in the PFFs (PentaxForums forums).

Another update from the Korean trade show, kindly translated to english by a dpreview forum user. [NEW!]

Opinionated Questions
This of course raises at least two questions:

1. Who is Optron-Tec and how will their lenses be perceived by photographers in a world of Canon, Nikon, Leica, Zeiss, Pentax and Olympus? Samsung is already considered by many as a lower-tier manufacturer in terms of camera development when compared to the aforementioned companies. Adding an unknown exclusive lens maker may be the *Debbie Downer Alert* kiss of death for the NX-series.

2. What about Pentax? Are they completely shut-out of NX since this company is presented as the exclusive provider? Would there be some compatibility with the K-world with an adapter?