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To: stockman_scott who wrote (16680)	2/6/2000 4:36:00 PM
From: levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Scott regarding "Believe it or not I really prefer the original version." I never heard anybody say that before you but on your behalf I contacted SI and they decided on your behalf to keep a classic version...you can access this by going to the SI homepage lower left corner and hitting classic version...good luck.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (16680)	2/9/2000 10:30:00 PM
From: Pareto	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 28311

Hi Stockman, Re: Why is 'The Classic SI' going to disappear..?? It should disappear a soon as possible. I assume that you view SiliconInvestor as a type of software where it is a matter of maintaining two versions active on the server. Maybe it started as a software but it has evolved into a different type of animal. Try to imagine that SI actually is a living body of code tying together realtime and historic information from various sources: quotes, news, SEC-filings, company profiles. This in combination with the more than 12 million posts from over 200.000 users. The technical infrastructure has grown to a network of servers and the software tools used include Java, Oracle, SQL, network security and many, many more. It is no software anymore. It has evolved into webware, realtime, online. It is impossible to speak about versions. There is only one version. It is a network of links which allows you to get in seconds all the relevant information on each company on your screen. You can compare it to a relational database. The links are the relations. If you have experience to managing a database, you know that it is a total nightmare to maintain two versions active. SI is adding new features to the site. If they continue to maintain the two versions running, they need to double the programming effort to keep both errorfree. It is impossible to leave an old version running and leave it like it is, because messages posted have to be viewed in both versions, they are actively interconnected. We, GNET investors and most SI users want SI programmers to concentrate on those new features and improved features (like creating a company online history, integrating audio and video feeds, better realtime news, low cost brokerage and all the other features asked for on the think tank thread). It will allow better trading. Stopping the old SI will give you better service and new features. ....hope this helps.... Regards, Pareto