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To: Clayleas who wrote (6724)	12/2/1997 2:38:00 AM
From: Steve Childs	Respond to of 31646

Not necessarily directed to you, Clayleas: Did I understand correctly that Raytheon and Fluor both passed on partnering with TPRO vis-a-vis its PlantY2KOne database product? If so, was this due to a rejection of the product, a rejection of TPRO, or because they decided this was not their core business (which is erroneous, since successful SI work by definition causes systems to work efficiently and effectively over time), or because they had a better competing product? Also, was the database that TPRO created essentially a by-product of their factory-floor SI efforts over the past few years, or did they write this whole thing with the 15 Y2K-relegated engineers over the last 3-6 months? Is PlantY2KOne essentially the 'Library of Congress' of embedded chips/systems? Is it a fact that no one else has such a comprehensive database, and/or that the barrier to entry for competing companies here is enormous? I would imagine that there are many niche databases out there, but that the compilation of data across many systems is both tedious and challenging. Also, I would assume that the packaging and marketing of that data is equally as important. I'm asking questions that may be academic from an investment standpoint, but since we have identified this 'database' as TPRO's most valuable asset, I'd like to benefit from everyone's knowledge on this specific subject, especially from the engineers in the TPRO family. Thanks.