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To: brad greene who wrote (5426)	12/1/1997 8:48:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

bg, I wonder if the internet banking is all that secure. Has to have some security other then pin, firewalls, ect. I think all those can be hacked by teenagers much less cyber robbers. Looks like we need a cheap keyboard, or mouse product to hook into internet banking. It looks like internet banking might be coming on fast. I wonder if that isn't partly driving the bank consolidations in the market. (This is a personal speculation and not based on hard facts. Any bankers out there that care to comment?) Currently you are right about finger prints being something everyone can understand. The rest are sort of like DNA is at the present. More useful to prove you not guilty, then guilty. DNA matches cannot presently do one on one absolute matches. Fingerprints are the only legal absolutes. NW

To: brad greene who wrote (5426)	12/2/1997
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

Brad, I hope you're right on Diebold. But it would have been nicer if they'd gone with fingerprints to start. They did take a look at it, according to the release. (Maybe it was a SACM system.) Now they'll take a couple years or so on this deal. And if FINX has a technical advance IDX would be in the best position to pick it up in a fire sale. I'm a contrarian on China. True, no Ratman. True, enormous population. True, growing economy. But . . . I've never seen any major deals with China or Russia by US companies (exclusive of Pepsi sales in the USSR). We'll have to look up the size of the Chinese economy, but I'll bet you it's pretty small. Finally, a country like China will rip off as much US technology as it can. The US did it to England in the 19th century. Japan did it to us after World War II. China and Hong Kong do it now. If we got a China contract, it would not be a bonanza, and it could turn into a headache. David PS -- You know you have the corner office down at Commission Headquarters, and I'm down the hall near the restroom. PPS -- Buck, I feel I can give you an assignment after I singlehandledly got the INS legislation passed. Get IDX to work on Kidzkard and your association. Thanks.