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Biotech / Medical : Acacia (ACRI)--a stock for the future -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Paul Lee who wrote (658)	6/29/1999 7:27:00 AM
From: pipick	Respond to of 1135

Note the other paragraph relating to the CEMA design, "an integrated circuit". No downloadable software for a multiple ratings system mentioned. Sounds like Elam to me!

To: Paul Lee who wrote (658)	6/29/1999 1:35:00 PM
From: Scott Ferguson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1135

No one can control what consumers actually do with the features offered in various electronic devices, including the V-chip. What's important from a shareholder point of view is the fact the Congress mandated the chip's inclusion in all new sets. That will generate revenue for ACRI. We don't make any more money if parents use the device. From a sociological point of view, if the existence of the chip helps a small percentage of parents protect their kids from objectionable programming, then it will have been worth it. I can't get too excited about us completely absorbing MerkWerks. That venture seems the least likely of all ACRI's businesses to make any significant money. The product is way late coming out and focused on the Macintosh platform, not exactly the industry standard. Just don't see that this investment (increasing ownership of MerkWerks) is anything to cheer about. >>Scott