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To: Amy J who wrote (169008)	8/3/2002 4:01:13 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd	Respond to of 186894

Outside high tech, the economy has mostly not been all that bad to begin with. Certainly slower than many have liked, but generally OK. Getting a product widely adopted by a large client or two is usually the point where a company stops being a "startup" (which I loosely define as "a company that might not make it) into a real, viable business. It sounds like their purchase is a bit more than just a trial run, in that they are eager to use it, not just play with it in some small department to see if it works. A sale that takes months is perfectly normal. Often the sales cycle for a new product stretches to more than a year. It's one thing that startups often fail to recognize as they start trying to sell to larger companies. Sounds good. mg

To: Amy J who wrote (169008)	8/4/2002 10:49:52 AM
From: Yaacov	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Hi Amy, hope all is well. I have been reading the posts but there is nothing to be said. Howver, I feel now is the time to buy Intel, and MSFT! They will be leading the recovery. We touched the bottome last week. Yaacov

To: Amy J who wrote (169008)	8/4/2002 4:01:33 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

re:"In the old days you never got fired for buying IBM." In the old days you never got fired from IBM either.......

To: Amy J who wrote (169008)	8/5/2002 2:05:51 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Respond to of 186894

Amy, <<<A few days ago, but after your post, we got our startup's product into the door of our first non-hightech F500......... Maybe the economy is turning around outside of hightech? >>> Congratulations. In my opinion, your hard work and success has very lttle to do with the overall economy. My guess is that any Fortune 500 company has at least $100M budget for IT expenses on the very low end and perhaps several billion dollars on the high end. Their choice is whether to build what you offer themselves or buy it from somebody that has worked on it for some time. Their choice is not quite so simple. If they develop it themselves, they would get some advantages over their competition who do not have this capability. If they buy it from you, they can't stop you from selling it to their competition. But, the important thing for you is that they have validated your efforts. They probably spent as much validating your product as you have developing it. Good luck to you and your colleagues. Mary