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Technology Stocks : INTERFACE SYSTEMS (INTF) GETTING INTO EBPP? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TLindt who wrote (656)	12/21/1999 10:21:00 PM
From: EdR	Respond to of 1203

Here is why I agree 100%. Motley Fool reports that a major reason for the CKFR buy of Blue Gill was for the XML expertise....From the INTF press release following, they seem to be playing in the same ballpark. Forget who is better. Right now this is the place to be. There probably is enough business to go around. 50x Sales is a nice 'yardstick'.... The following is from From Motley Fool Article 12/21/1999 <<snip>> "What BlueGill adds to CheckFree's mix was expertise in developing software based on the Extensible Markup Language (XML), a programming tool that is a common way of transmitting data over the Web for easy sharing of data across different platforms. (For more on XML, click here.)" <<snip>> <<snip>> "BlueGill introduced the first software system developed using Extensible Markup Language," Sinisgalli said. "XML enables businesses to share information broadly and efficiently, and will accelerate the adoption of data exchange over the Internet.... Data exchange over the Internet in an interoperable fashion is at the heart of the promise of electronic billing and payment." <<snip>> And now from a Press Release from INTF(sorry if too long) INTF Press release: ANN ARBOR, MI (Sept. 27, 1999) -- Interface Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: INTF) has announced adoption of XML (eXtensible Markup Language) as part of its new L2i? (Legacy-to-Internet) technology platform. Interface will include XML support across its product line with the first implementation being its newly enhanced version of its eBill Manager? product for electronic bill presentment and payment and MyCopy?, designed for L2i electronic statement delivery for Web based environments. XML creates more intelligent documents by including metadata, which is a self-contained description about the information itself. Doing this in a standard way enables disparate applications to share information on the backend where they reside on legacy systems. With XML as another output standard, Interface extends its leadership position as the dominant supplier of L2i technology to the rapidly expanding legacy-to-Internet marketplace, which includes Internet or Web-based billing. "Since becoming a formal specification of the World Wide Web Consortium in February, XML has grown in significance, especially in Web-related programming," said Robert Nero, president and chief executive officer of Interface. "While we believe XML will have the most impact on programming for the World Wide Web, its use will extend beyond the Internet to other areas, especially in multi-media applications. "It is critical that our customers understand that we recognize and support what is fast becoming a de facto standard for Internet information exchange," Nero added. "XML's extensibility and its promise as a standard for exchanging information as well as documents will only increase its prominence and importance to e-business." Interface's L2i technology is the bridging technology between the mainframe, where information resides, and the desktop, where the information is needed. L2i allows companies to deliver information across the Internet or Intranets, fax machines, CD-ROMs, voice response systems or to remote and/or local printers. Interface's L2i technology allows any Internet application to make full use of legacy application output without changing the legacy application in any way. Interface's L2i products are based on the company's Document Server software. These products include eBill Manager for Internet billing and MyCopy for Internet statement delivery. "Adopting XML makes our L2i technology an even more powerful way for companies to take advantage of the content or output of legacy systems to build more creative and useful e-business applications," Nero said. "Delivering information to where it needs to be when it needs to be there is the bottom line for e-business success. L2i technology meets that need quickly and efficiently." About Interface Systems, Inc. Interface Systems, Inc.'s Legacy-to-Internet (L2i) technology allows any Internet application to make full use of legacy application output. The company specializes in bridging the gap between legacy billing applications and various Internet bill presentment and payment platforms, as well as electronic delivery of statements and other legacy content. Interface helps its customers extend the life, the reach, and the value of their existing information systems. Interface is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Mich., and markets its products worldwide. More information on Interface and its products can be found at: www.intface.com L2i, eBill Bridge and MyCopy are trademarks of Interface Systems, Inc. Company Contact: Kathleen Maher, Interface Systems Inc., 5855 Interface Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103. (734) 769-5900;

To: TLindt who wrote (656)	1/5/2000 4:25:00 PM
From: TLindt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1203

>>>Simple supply demand issue...stock IMO will double, maybe quad like Dave says over JUST CKFR/BlueGill. Well I'm out of the woods....MR. Z. Back to beer trucks and corvettes....I'd settle for a blue vette, Mama wants a red one. But don't worry about her, I told her she'd have to find her own stock to go 25 times if she wanted one out of you. And BTW this has got to nearly double again before I see mine. But considering it took 15 days the last time and, 1 1/2 days of those the market was closed for the holidays, and 4 days were weekends....you guys ought to be satisfied. NO? See what happens when I get into that darn Gin?