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To: Mike M who wrote (1198)	6/30/1999 8:47:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 9677

Mike, those look like honest questions to me. While I admit that I cut bait on the Woof, it might be fun to do the numbers. Anybody?

To: Mike M who wrote (1198)	6/30/1999 8:50:00 PM
From: Roger A. Babb	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9677

Mike, the pricing info requested by Shege is competitive information that is not released. However, (lease vs. buy) is not the correct valuation method for comparing purchased software installed in-house to remote hosted applications. The benefits of remote hosting include professional support of the server machine in a computer center environment, 24x7 support to keep the system up and connected to the Internet, 24x7 support of any client having difficulty, and professional backup and restore services. Small companies do not have all of these services in-house and larger companies do, but incur increased costs as they add new apps. Thus part of the appeal of remote hosting is the support system gained, it is much more than just software rental. In my opinion we will see many new remote hosted apps from many vendors and rapid growth in the remote hosting and support industry.