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To: Irv Dimont who wrote (3322)	10/13/1999 8:36:00 AM
From: P.M.Freedman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3424

SAP cuts 1999 revenue forecast to 15-20% from 20-25% target. The time to announce that was very bad.

To: Irv Dimont who wrote (3322)	10/16/1999 11:30:00 AM
From: John Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3424

SAP,re:"OT. Patent". How many unique ways a HUMAN BEING can come up with do similar/identical things, at different part of the world, society, company. One get the chance/ desire to file a patent (for money, majority of the time) and the others just think it's natural. This is almost a violation of 'personal thinking'. Even though I'm coding in a clean environment, I maybe harassed by law of violating someone's patent if the other person takes the time to file. 'Hierachical': Unix has been doing it many/many years. If you are reasonable human-being, you evolve/learn to do the 'right thing'. Anyway, none of my business. This 'patent' thing has been on my mind for so long, finally, the steam is out. Forget it. <EOM>