I also am a shareholder of inra and an observer of this board on a regular basis. I completely agree with the recent sentiment of some of the posters on this site in regards to the increasingly negative tone to this board. Although I agree that opinions regarding the health of this company should be heard, I believe at this point the negativity displayed by those moderating this forum as well as a few others is hurting this stock, due to the fact that this is one of the only major places for current/new investors to come to find information.
This stock has enormous potential, in my opinion due to a couple of different factors. First, INRA's intellectual property alone is worth more than the current market capitalization; if this company was doing so poorly that it was forces to liquidate the company, an outside company would more than likely see it as an attractive M&A opportunity. Second, if the management is serious about protecting and licensing this intellectual property, we could see a significant rise in revenue, and profit potential. Third, the robotics industry is an immature marketplace, with immature technology. The fact that this company is out growing its intellectual property portfolio and trying to bring new technology in the fold is a prudent move. Fourth, for no other reason to hold this stock for long term was the acquisition of coroware. In fact, I bought into this stock after reading about Microsoft Robotics Studio, and Bill Gates article regarding robotics. I sought out public companies that were involved in robotics, and found coroware, which as we all know is a close partner with Microsoft. I am holding due to the potential of Coroware, because if I based my decision solely on the financial health of this company and their balance sheet I would have never bought. I too have lost money so far in this company. But I will also say that I just recently picked up another 10k shares at this bargain price.
With that said, I am very frusterated with the attitude of a few people on this board. Not only do they negatively impact the attitude of this forum, but they also, in my opinion, negatively impacted the share price. And due to the fact that certain folks comments may have impacted my portfolio, I would respectfully ask that we stick to the business of discussing the FACTS of this business, rather than resorting personal attacks, and instigating. We are all, I think, adults here, and using this board to bully people or degrade others is childish at best. If we cannot agree, then I would suggest that we use something like Google finance's message board to discuss this company.
I do believe those people that I am referring to have provided a great amount of information, that otherwise may have not been publicly available. But I guess I do not understand the motivation behind continually questioning this company and its management. As a fellow shareholder, I would ask that we stick to the business of discussing this business rather than attempting to make it out to be a pyramid scheme, scam, or some type of consiracy against shareholders. It may be a penny stock, but the potential is there for major growth. Also, I might remind you that the "positive talk" in recent days, has increased the share price by $.03 today alone.
Thank you.
