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To: Rocky Reid who wrote (10710)	4/28/2000 8:12:00 PM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

<On Topic> SSTI and UMC. From SSTI's 12/99 10K: Our products are manufactured at leading wafer foundries and semiconductor manufacturers including Samsung Electronics, Sanyo, Seiko-Epson, TSMC and UMC. We also work with IBM, Samsung Electronics, Sanyo, Seiko-Epson and TSMC to develop new technology for manufacturing our products. From the first page of SSTI's current web site: "SST also offers its SuperFlash technology for embedded applications through its world-class manufacturing partners and technology licensees IBM, Motorola, National Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson Corp., TSMC-Acer Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TASMC) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC)." UMC's name mysteriously disappeared since year-end. Hmmmm ... I wonder if SNDK had anything to do with that? :-) Craig

To: Rocky Reid who wrote (10710)	4/29/2000 4:39:00 PM
From: Steve 667	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

Napster's business model is even more outlandishly Copyright Infringing than MP3.com's. Really? Why is this any different than FM radio stations that broadcast unedited copyrighted music which can be recorded freely by listeners? Are they being sued for copyright infringement? These stations also make money by advertising. Even more bazaar is that they are often paid by the record companies themselves to play the copyrighted music! Or what about stores which sell used CD's? Buying a used CD bypasses the royalty payment to the artist and recording company. Nobody is suing them. This is no different than any individuals getting together and borrowing each other CD's and making copies. It is merely more convenient. I have done that for years, and I have also paid thousands for records (remember them) and CD's. This is only the beginning! Check this out: news.cnet.com Now you have a program called Wrapster which needs no server in order for users to contact each other and swap MP3 files. And swap not only MP3 files, but movies, software or whatever suits their fancy. Now who are they going to sue? If they sue the maker of the software, it is like suing the maker of the tape recorder. That is if they can even find the author of the software. And you certainly will not see anyone in this matter serving jail time, any more than Bill Gates wearing stripes. Not a chance! At least with Napster, their software doesn't crash! So what now? Are they going to try to sue the makers of the internet because it promotes copying of copyrighted material? I doubt it. The horses are out of the barn, and the times they are a changing. Steve 667 * "I wonder how much deeper would the ocean be without sponges."