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To: Pat Pending who wrote (7153)	10/19/1999 10:09:00 AM
From: Gutterball	Respond to of 14464

At least the folks at Racom knew how to fall on their putter.

To: Pat Pending who wrote (7153)	10/20/1999 3:40:00 PM
From: Paul Schmidt	Respond to of 14464

The answer to Racom's demise lies to a large extent in the issue of PZT (lead zirconate titanate) vs SBT (Strontium Bismuth Tantalate). Racom held most of the patents in PZT, an inferior compound to SBT. The patents to SBT are mostly held by Symetrix corporation, www.symetrixcorp.com, Colorado Springs, who licnses to other companies, presumably also Ramtron. This was highlighted by a Forbes article posted on this website. Everyone, Matsubishi, Fujitsu, Siemens etc, started working with Symetrix, leaving Racom nowhere to go. Symetrix is privately held, I believe. Regards Paul