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To: unclewest who wrote (31034)	9/3/2000 5:34:35 PM
From: willkm3	Respond to of 54805

unclewest, I have looked all over for a great WIND post from about a month back. The guy that posted was not a regular, but I seem to remember that he was an embedded software developer in Texas. I'm trying to recall some of his comments. Maybe you saw it? From memory below... The main point I remember is that companies are seeing high turnover in embedded programers. A team gets neck deep into a project then a couple of guys leave for a better deal (Stock Options!) down the street. That can be a big "time to market" issue for an in house developed product. It takes time to bring the replacements up to speed. However if the same company uses VxWorks or the pSOS platform they simply hire replacements that know these platforms and they can contribute to the project right away. Hope this jogs someone's memory. In the mean time I'll keep looking... Regards, Keith

To: unclewest who wrote (31034)	9/3/2000 9:02:58 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Unclewest, many thanks for the link to OPTV. The relationship with Wind River apparently results from work done by Spyglass, which recently merged with OPTV. The relationship seems to be complementary for both Spyglass/OPTV and WIND. Spyglass, of course, has written a lot of software based on Mosaic, which was developed at the Illinois Univ. computer center, along with the e-mail software that later became Eudora, sold by QUALCOMM. I'm trying to figure out if the potential appreciation for OPTV and WIND is substantial enough to warrant holding stock in both companies.