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To: Jeffery E. Forrest who wrote (10372)	12/9/1997 1:42:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Casey Cowell Joins SSA Board of Directors 11:18 a.m. Dec 09, 1997 Eastern CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1997--System Software Associates (SSA), one of the fastest growing major package application software vendors, today announced that Casey Cowell, founder and CEO of U.S. Robotics had joined the company's board of directors. Mr. Cowell co-founded U.S. Robotics in 1976 and headed the company from its inception until its merger with 3COM Corporation in June 1997, which valued the firm at over $8 billion. Mr. Cowell, 45, was named one of "25 Top Managers" in the world by Business Week in 1995, and "Executive of the Year in 1996" by Crain's Chicago Business. Roger E. Covey, CEO of SSA said: "I am delighted to have Casey join the SSA Board. His experience at growing U.S. Robotics into a technology industry giant will be invaluable to us." Casey Cowell commented: "I welcome the opportunity to work with Roger and SSA's Board of Directors to focus on SSA's success and enhancing shareholder value." Yesterday SSA announced best ever revenues and strong operating profits for its fiscal fourth quarter ended October 31, 1997. Total revenues for the quarter were $125.6 million and operating profits, excluding one-time charges related to the company's recent financing, were $17.1 million. Casey Cowell is replacing John Puth, who asked not to be slated at the upcoming SSA annual meeting. About SSA SSA has been chosen by the world's leading industrial sector firms as the best way forward. The Company's product line, BPCS Client/Server version 6.0, is currently being implemented in more than 1000 industrial sector firms in over 4,000 sites worldwide. The BPCS Client/Server product line delivers unparalleled agility and re-configurability to meet changing market demands through a quantum leap forward in ERP technology that delivers significant business benefits, including century dating. The BPCS Client/Server product suite delivers competitive advantage by integrating all mission critical operations from global financials to multi-mode manufacturing to management of the total supply chain, including Electronic Commerce and EDI. SSA's Distributed Object Computing Architecture (DOCA) provides the computing platform choice, whether IBM AS/400 or RS/6000, Digital, Hewlett-Packard, a combination of these or server access via the Internet. Database options include Oracle, Informix and DB2/400. Over 8,500 clients in over 25,000 sites in various vertical markets - automotive, chemical, consumer goods, electronics, fabrication and assembly, food/beverage, forest products, pharmaceuticals - have implemented an SSA BPCS ERP system. SSA and its strategic partners provide full implementation support for BPCS Client/Server in over 90 countries worldwide. Visit SSA's homepage at ssax.com. Editor's Note: BPCS is a registered trademark of SSA. BPCS Client/Server and DOCA are trademarks of SSA. (See also: businesswire.com) o~~~ O

To: Jeffery E. Forrest who wrote (10372)	12/9/1997 1:49:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

U.S. Government Appeals Internet Free Speech Ruling, Paper Says San Francisco, Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government appealed a ruling that deemed attempts to control the export of encryption software over the Internet unconstitutional in the San Francisco Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the New York Times reported. The ruling by Judge Marilyn Hall Patel of Federal District Court came in a 1995 lawsuit filed by a graduate student, who was required to register as a munitions dealer and get an arms-trading license to export an electronic version of a short encryption program he wrote. The government argued that the ruling restricted the medium of the Internet, not free speech, and it wants to preserve the ability of intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on foreign governments and citizens, the paper said. Legislation to regulate the Internet may be needed to back up industry measures restricting children's access to adult- oriented material on-line, a congressional sponsor of a bill to write restrictions into law said last week. o~~~ O