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To: Mike M who wrote (7911)	2/8/2003 11:00:02 PM
From: TEDennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9677

Wow !! You can learn the coolest stuff when you read the posts of that broker over there on the Yahoo thread. Not too long ago, I learned that FSTW had a partnership with "Extreme Networks". Too bad it turned out to be "Extreme Logic". And, Extreme Logic only lists FSTW as a customer, not a partner. FSTW doesn't list Extreme Logic as a partner, either. So, other than those minor details, the poster was quite factual. Tonight as I was reading that Yahoo thread, I learned that FSTW signed a contract with the NFL in December. Too bad it's not the NFL. It's "a large international sports organization", according to RTB's recent CEO message. The National Football League is national, not international. So, it's not them. The "large international sports organization" is actually a "Football Association". International style football, as in soccer. Not good ol' American style football. TED

To: Mike M who wrote (7911)	2/8/2003 11:58:08 PM
From: TEDennis	Respond to of 9677

Hey, maybe FSTW is one of the other two ?? Selligent amongst the first three CRM vendors to obtain .NET Premium certification February 5, 2003 - Selligent, a leading vendor of CRM (Customer Relationship Management) solutions offering rapid return on investment (ROI), is proud to be amongst the first three CRM providers in the world to obtain Microsoft’s .NET Premium Certification. [...snip...] Selligent provides the first CRM solution worldwide to be 100% developed on the .NET framework - contrary to those applications that just add a certified XML layer on the surface - to be 100% thin client, and to have all components implemented as web services. This rapid and complete certification shows the outstanding technical expertise of the Selligent development team and their capacity to turn technological advances into useful products in record time. selligent.com Maybe the $900,000 FSTW paid to Extreme Logic to license their ".NET framework" was enough to build a ".NET Premium" certifiable product. OK, so ".NET Premium certified" is not the "Willy Award" (the award that FSTW's PRs claim they've won 3 times but they've really only won twice) ... but it's something. Since Selligent began implementing CRM systems in 1990, over 87% of Selligent software licences sold are still in use! We have over 35,000 users across Europe. Wow. That's a pretty impressive 12 year retention ratio, particularly for CRM systems. Hey, FSTW ... how about telling your investors what percentage of licenses sold are still in use? Or, if you don't want to do that, how about how many customers you have, and how many users? The last number published was "over 200" customers. TED

To: Mike M who wrote (7911)	2/9/2003 10:36:18 AM
From: TEDennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9677

Hey, any of you chartists out there ... There's a "rule" that O'Neil's CANSLIM enthusiasts follow. I think it says something about bailing out of a momentum stock if your initial investment loses 8%. If there are many of those CANSLIM'r folks still around, then the downside risk here is still pretty high. The way I figure it, anybody who bought after 12/20/2002 when the stock was at $13.50 should have received a sell signal Thursday and/or Friday. And those CANSLIM'rs who didn't follow the rule earlier might decide to follow the rule now that it closed below $12.00. Selling at this stage could take the stock sharply lower and it could end up being below its fair market value, considering its potential. Anybody care to offer their two cents on that? I'd like to buy some trading shares when this scrapes bottom, but don't want to lose any profits I've already locked in. I almost bought at 14'ish, but didn't. Could have made a buck or so on that mini-bounce it took then. TED