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To: choban who wrote (12700)	11/6/1997 8:32:00 PM
From: BonniesGuy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18263

Fact or conjecture? You people don't know Jack to use your term. Let's see, we've got movie critics -- still wet behind the ears I might add -- stating as fact that the MD product is no silver bullet. My research indicates the opposite; at least one commercial techie and another non-commercial techie have said that it is in fact 'a silver bullet.' Heard it with my own ears. Now, when it comes to security clearances why should the board -- Long or Short -- believe a bunch of James Bond wannabes who couldn't have qualified to hold Bill Colby's underwear for him to step into when he ran the Pheonix operation during the Vietnam war? Bonnies (wonder if the Big Boys ever thought they'd get Z for such a bargin?) Guy

To: choban who wrote (12700)	11/6/1997 11:17:00 PM
From: Lyle Abramowitz	Respond to of 18263

I agree with you that it is a "Catch-22" for a new company to enter the classified government contract marketplace. Clearance is required to attend the bidder's conference and to read the RFP. Bidder's also have to submit a security management plan and certify they can execute it. However, to be fair, as a subcontractor to an established prime, a company like ZITL could get personnel cleared to work on classified projects in areas managed by the prime, if the prime so requested. This does limit the role ZITL could play in such contracts and its expected revenue. It is a difficult environment to compete in and I'd expect estabished technical service firms such as EDS, CA, SAIC, IBM, TASC, etc. to get most of that business. Lyle