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To: Tom Trader who wrote (27489)	10/30/1997 3:08:00 PM
From: Brister	Respond to of 58727

I surely agree Tom; Thanks to: Judy Kevin and Tom I have made money by following your trades.

To: Tom Trader who wrote (27489)	10/30/1997 3:30:00 PM
From: Kevin Walsh	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 58727

Hi Tom and all, Since I'm disgusted at my blown put play on CPQ, I'm not in a very good frame of mind right now, so here's a funny to lighten things up. I apologize in advance if this offends anyone but it is pretty funny. A great new software announcement!!!! > >This memo is to announce the development of a new software system. We >are currently building a data center that will contain all firm data that >is >Year 2000 compliant. > >The program is referred to as the "Millennia Year Application Software >System" (MYASS). > >Next Monday at 9:00 there will be a meeting in which I will show MYASS to >everyone. We will continue to hold demonstrations throughout the month so >that all employees will have an opportunity to get a good look at MYASS. > >As for the status of the implementation of the program, I have not >addressed >the networking aspects so currently only one person at a time can use >MYASS. > This restriction will be removed after MYASS expands. > >Several people are using the program already and have come to depend on it. > Just this morning I walked into a subordinate's office and was not >surprised >to find that he had his nose buried in MYASS. > >I've noticed that some of the less technical personnel are somewhat afraid >of MYASS. Just last week, when asked to enter some information into the >program, I had a secretary say to me "I'm a little nervous, I've never put >anything in MYASS >before." I volunteered to help her through her first time and when we were >through she admitted that it was relatively painless and she was actually >looking forward to doing it again. She went so far as to say that after >using SAP and Oracle, she was ready to kiss MYASS. > >I know there are concerns over the virus that was found in MYASS upon >initial >installation, but I am pleased to say the virus has been eliminated and we >were able to save MYASS. In the future, however, protection will be >required >prior to entering MYASS. > >We planned this database to encompass all information associated with the >business. So as you begin using the program, feel free to put anything you >want >into MYASS. As MYASS grows larger, we envision a time when it will be >commonplace to walk by an office and see a manager hand a paper to an >employee and say "Here, stick this in MYASS". > >This program has already demonstrated great benefit to the company during >recent OSHA and EPA audits. After requesting certain historical data the >agency representatives were amazed at how quickly we provided the >information. > >When asked how the numbers could be retrieved so rapidly our Environmental >Manager proudly stated "Simple, I just pulled them out of MYASS" >