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To: Erwin Sanders who wrote (2286)	10/27/1997 1:24:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Marth	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10309

"Are universities already grooming future RTOS programmers and engineers?" It is my belief that US Universities are adaquately producing computer engineerings and scientists at a rate capable of sustaining future demands in the RTOS industry needs. Plus, the Si Valley is a melting pot, attracting the Worlds best computer engineers and scientists as well as proven business management talent. (Wind River is in the Bay Area.) There is great potential for a continuance of a SI Valley tradition of young entrepreneurs branching out to create their very own high tech gadgets. Today, with the help of commercial-off-the-shelf RTOSs, intelligent devices, that really do work for you, can be prototyped in our own garages - like never before.

To: Erwin Sanders who wrote (2286)	10/27/1997 4:56:00 AM
From: Allen Benn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

>WIND's Human Capital Needs Without any doubt, finding competent employees consumes lots of management time and concern at WIND. I suspect that a major objective of the new, waterfront campus in Alameda is as an attraction to employees - without being extravagant. (WIND has represented that the new campus will be cheaper than continued leasing.) Nevertheless WIND has advantages which allieviate many potential problems recruiting new employees. First, WIND's success breeds success in finding and attracting quality people, partly because of the obvious value of stock options, but even more because of the opportunities for career growth, job security and personal satisfaction found when working for a leader in a rapidly emerging market. Second, WIND scatters development around the world, with skunkworks in France, Ireland and Britain, and now probably Israel. Remember, most of the original development work on Tornado occurred in France, not California. Third, WIND can always acquire companies to obtain proven technical talent. Indeed, this is precisely how WIND obtained a significant foothold in Israel. Last year they acquired RST in Israel, and they can now build on that capability. Allen