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To: Jim Wilke who wrote (6820)	12/4/1997 9:09:00 AM
From: DAN WONG	Respond to of 31646

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To: Jim Wilke who wrote (6820)	12/4/1997 9:45:00 AM
From: Jack Zahran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Jim, the argument for purchasing a CD is very strong. When requesting a purchase like this, what reason could a manager give for declining. Plant managers take every risk by not doing an assessment. There is no risk to them to buy the CD and use the tools. For example, in the best case scenerio, a manger can go to his bosses and show them that he has verified the plants to be Y2K Compliant. If a manufacturer has in-house engineers, they will be the first to request tools to help them take care of their compliance testing. The only tool available is TPRO's. If the in-house testing shows a great deal of Y2K issues, then management will have to decide on whether to delay in-house projects till after their staff resolve these issues or to outsource the work. The second option will be chosen by many plants. Besides the Y2K issue, firms like TPRO are experiencing a growth in their base business that is due to plants outsourcing their work. The Y2K issue is only accelarating the move to use outsourcing. In 1995, it was predicted that the area of manufacturers outsourcing their work to companies such as TPRO would be a hot industry. TPRO had been taking steps to capitalize on this growing sector ever since Jenkins came into office. The fact is that TPRO is a fast growing company without Y2K. The Y2K business has now allowed them to grow even faster. All the profits from Y2K will only lead to further acretive acquisitions. The base business oppurtunities will only keep growing as more and more manufacturers move to outsourcing. TPRO will be in the best position to leverage it's size and accrueing plant expertise to dominate the business. They'll always be room for the small local SI firms, but TPRO is focusing on the 100+ employee plants. The company has a tremendous opportunity. The CD is a shoe in. The market for ousourcing is only growing. The company has the cash and the expertise to make all this happen.

To: Jim Wilke who wrote (6820)	12/4/1997 10:34:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Jim, When I made the statement regarding the CD for inventory & assessment, I looked at the logical and most effecient way to achieve a goal with a set deadline. I live in Houston. If I had to be in Los Angeles next week, what would be the most expeditious, and least expensive way to get there? Walk? Or use a tool? I could take a train, bus, drive ... or fly. The smart people would opt for "AIR TAVA". Since I'd owned my own business, I'm really big on the "time is money" precept. Some short-sighted business owners and/or managers forget to factor in increased labor costs when trying to "wing it" on their own. Cheryl

To: Jim Wilke who wrote (6820)	12/4/1997 12:26:00 PM
From: Gerald Underwood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Jim, Don't know how you would quantify a "less than stellar" appraisel. Apparently at this time the rest of the market must be considering a less than stellar performance, because if they used any imagination whatsoever, they could see that it only takes sales of 200 CDs per month to put this company on track for a $1.00 + earnings per share for coming year. At the going multiples for y2k sector, this equates to $30+ per share. Somehow I think TOPRO has their sights set higher than this, yet we are laughingly languishing at six dollar range worrying about drifting lower while the market gets it's less than stellar a#$ in gear. Best Wishes, Gerry