Raphaël, Some of your answers:
* I am still the CEO and major shareholder of Tiny (now OpenERP sa) Investors only have a minority of the shares of OpenERP sa. (<30%) I am also the chairman of the board of directors. * This fund raising does not change our open source philosophy. These funds give us the opportunity to concentrate all our efforts on our editor's roles and contribute more to the community. The investors share the same objectives than us. * We chosed our investors because they have a real understanding of the open source challenges, constraints and benefits. We share the same vision of the future of OpenERP. Xavier Niel has a strong experience in open source projects and Sofinnova is a very professional VC. * I confirm that my goal is to build a strong product and not to get easy money for myself :) (otherwise, I would already have resell the company, I already get several offers.) For the future, * We do not plan to raise a second round yet, and I think we will achieve this transition without having to ask more money. But, if the company needs it to pursue our open source strategy, I have enough share to freely operates a second round, to accelerate our development. (and I will still owns more than 50% of the shares) * Janneman, you are right, investors need to get their money back, and I think that's fair. So, we will find solutions that satisfies everyone (the OpenERP product and the investors). We already defined several interresting solutions, and that was one of the difficult point to negociate with the investors we worked with. To answer your question: they can not force us to sell OpenERP, to change the licence, ... -------------------- m2f -------------------- -- http://www.openobject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=51362#51362 -------------------- m2f --------------------
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