"Maybe he will voluntarily forgo his annual increase for 2008."
That would not help much nor will it happen. what would be better is for him to buy shares in the open market for about half his salary, or say 600,000 shares. Now that will send a strong signal of confidence to the street...
Otherwise, this company's future is now hanging in the balance of where the next financing will come from. A solid partnership is what we are all hoping for but I would settle for a buyout at about $0.8 per share right now...
Over time I have developed an aversion to this stock because I think they had the technical goods to make it a good investment but management has messed up big time on the business side. At this rate, by the time they get their business act together, the compatition may have already moved past their potentially lucrative markets and/or we would be a sitting duck for a very low priced takeover with possibly no premium to the trading price...