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Technology Stocks : Forecross Corporation : Y/2000 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rick Voteau who wrote (1605)	8/7/1999 5:43:00 PM
From: Paul Barton	Respond to of 1654

Rick, the company has redone the website piece on Sentinel C/M. With your background in IT management you will appreciate it more than most. This software runs on the mainframe, and is run on newly developed software as part of the pre-compile to assure the new code is compliant with enterprise standards for Y2K, zip codes, phone numbers, store and part numbers and a host of other individual standards the IT manager might want to set prior to new code being placed into production. Another use of this tool in the future would be to check for proper XML data tagging or in the case of the financial world FpML tagging. My guess is that the software will be sold for very low six figures and carry the usual 15-20% renewal and maintenance fees. The company says it will sell the software using private label re-sellers which shows it has finally learned something about market channels. One technical person I talked to said that Sentinel C/M is not sexy, it's like a screwdriver, most people need one. The EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) effort in this country is huge. Sentinel C/M is but the first offering in a whole suite of products as part of Forecross' EAI and XML initiative.

To: Rick Voteau who wrote (1605)	8/7/1999 5:56:00 PM
From: Paul Barton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1654

Rick, you noticed the accumulation too. Several days with several times the average daily volume it would seem as though someone is very quietly taking the supply out of the market.

To: Rick Voteau who wrote (1605)	8/11/1999 11:47:00 AM
From: Mark Jurik	Respond to of 1654

Rick, >>since it is priced as if it is, you must agree that is a good buy<< Probably is. >>I doubt you will agree since you seem to be pretty much anti-Forecross << No, over the years I just learned a few things about this company that makes me very cautious. It's not the obvious (Y2K issue) that governed its price movement, it was all the little things that I chose to ignore. Now I pay a lot of attention to all the little things. For example, let's assume Forecross is contributing something to the FpML project. If their contribution is significant, how come it was left out of the announcement by J.P.Morgan. OK, it was an oversight. Granted. But what factors made that oversight likely to occur? What's the company's real level of involvement in the project? That's what I'm digging into now. It's the little things that a good detective observes and pursues. It may lead to a dead end. Then again, maybe not. - Mark