I am posting an email from Robert Putnam taken from the RB board. I
am doing so because I believe this is the first time I have ever
heard someone from the company mention that we are partnering with
IBM. Intel and LU we all know about, but IBM? Yes we are a founding
member of the VoiceTimes but that in itself doesn't make us a
partner. Or does it? Interesting development....
By: browninvst
Reply To: None Wednesday, 14 Jul 1999 at 3:13 PM EDT
Post # of 42519
Email From Edig.
I sent two successive e mails to edig. The first got a canned response, the followup got a good reply from Robert.
1st Email:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a shareholder of EDIG and have great optimism for EDIG's prospects. However, it seems much is riding on the patents you have in place for MicroOS. And, since this is a global market, I am fearful that copyrights/patents will be ignored, especially if competitors reside offshore. One of the ways US companies have adapted to this is to be constantly atuned to customers and have the ability to innovate at the speed of a customer's taste and my investment dollar thinks EDIG has this dynamism. If I could receive the corporate view on these issues, I would be much obliged. Thank you.
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Response: Canned
2nd Follow up email:
Thanks for the reply. I have already received the package and am quite impressed. However, to again reiterate, I am curious as to how EDIG will guard its intellectual property rights in the global market and will EDIG be dynamic enough to shift its products quickly according to consumer tastes. This last point is a great way to render intellectual piracy somewhat mute since I feel that product lifecycles in the digital arena are amazingly short.
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Response from Robert
Our plan is two-fold; first, partner with companies such as Intel,Lucent and IBM. If they are using our technology, they will help guard and defend our intellectual property rights, and two, by customizing our services and technologies, as needed, to the ever-changing tides of product development and marketing cycles. Since we were the first company to develop and bring to market a digital voice recorder using flash memory, and, the first company to interface a digital recorder to the PC and the
Internet, we believe we have what it takes to stay ahead of the technology
curve.
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