-free as ours. SimGrid is developed by a vivid community of users and developers.
-We hope that you will come and join us! SimGrid is the result of almost 20 years
-of research from several groups, both in France and in the U.S.A. It benefited
-of many funding from various research bodies.
+free as ours. SimGrid is developed since 20 years by a lively community of users
+and researchers from several groups, initially in France and in the U.S.A. It
+is steadily funded by several research bodies. We hope that you will
+come and join us!