GT, thank you for your great information, as always!!!
Still find it funny/lame, the fixation on the transactional history of VPLM...? Like thousands of developmental/pre-revenue companies (think tiny drug development companies), VPLM uses stock as currency. THEY HAVE NO REVENUE!!! In turn, they trade small portions of the company to survive and pay for services needed. Would anyone expect someone coming to VPLM and saying, "Hey, we like what you're doing, we want to work for you for free"???
Each individual needs to judge whether this is an issue for them or not. IT IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR ME! VPLM's source of funding is very common and not unique at all.
VPLM hasn't been an "instant gratification" situation up to this point; I believe we are nearing a point when it will be.