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To: Jack Zahran who wrote (8455)	1/6/1998 7:13:00 PM
From: Zebra 365	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Old News, but worth repeating. I'm sorry C.K. but the research thread is too cluttered to transmit a clear picture of the company anymore. I'm posting this for the newcomers. A good summary of why I'm invested in this company. I suggest all look in the research thread for the details. Nothing since has really changed this strategy was announced, except to see more and more evidence that the strategy is being carried out as planned and announced: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Topro, Inc. Launches New Initiative to Provide Comprehensive Plant Floor Y2K Solution & Services DENVER, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Topro, Inc. (Nasdaq: TPRO), a leading provider of automation and system integration solutions to industry, today announced the launching of a major new business initiative based on its new product PlantY2K One(TM), a proprietary package of product and services designed to address year 2000 compliance problems in process control and factory floor automation systems. John Jenkins, Topro, Inc. CEO said, "While the year 2000 or millennium problem is being addressed at the management information system level in most organizations, we believe the plant floor issues have largely been ignored to date. These issues are very real and have potential for severe impact if not addressed." PlantY2K One(TM) is a full service offering that includes impact assessment, analysis, code conversion, implementation and testing. The company employs highly structured methodologies in all phases and includes well-accepted joint application development techniques in the conversion and implementation phases. According to Jenkins, "Most plant floor systems are complex combinations of hardware and software from a variety of vendors. We have found that many of these components have some sort of compliance issue. Further, a compliance problem with a single component and a corresponding solution must be considered in the context of the impact of the total system, which means that a system control integrator is the logical choice to effect the required comprehensive solution." He added, "We believe this to be a very large opportunity for our organization; as far as we can tell, we are the only organization that has developed a solution specifically designed for the plant floor." While a key ingredient of the product is the company's data base of known plant floor hardware and software year 2000 compliance problems and the associated solutions, of equal importance is the size and experience of the company's staff. Topro, Inc. and its subsidiaries form the nation's largest independent process control and information system integrator. The company has more than 350 employees in 10 offices across the United States and develops integrated process control systems for companies in aerospace, automobiles, consumer goods, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and public utilities. The company plans initially to take PlantY2K One(TM), to its installed customer base of more than 4000 sites across the U.S. but will quickly extend to a full national roll-out. Topro, Inc. has branch offices in Portland, OR, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Phoenix, Denver, Atlanta, and Philadelphia and will have intra-net access to the central solution data base, offering customers the desired combination of local service supported by a database created on and constantly refreshed by national experience. The company is already engaged in PlantY2K One(TM) projects at several fortune 500 companies. The company plans initially to support PlantY2K One(TM) with its own staff. Key portions of the product have been designed to allow potential licensed use directly by customers or other trained third party system integrators with Internet support by the company's designated technology center. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm long this stock and company, if the fundamentals change, I'll be gone, but it takes more than a few unsupported negative words to get me shaken. For all the stones that M.W. has thrown into the pack, it seems he only hits the same dogs, over and over.* Zebra * When you throw a stone into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps is the one you hit.

To: Jack Zahran who wrote (8455)	1/6/1998 8:41:00 PM
From: RWS	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

MW is a thread demolition engineer. By responding to him you are providing him the charge he needs to do his dirty work. If you want this thread to continue as a source of info at least post to yourself. I almost clicked next on your post because of whom it was addressed to. RWS mad lurker

To: Jack Zahran who wrote (8455)	1/6/1998 10:10:00 PM
From: KLN	Respond to of 31646

Jack- Another great link. Damn, you people are incredible! When the full force of the y2k problem hits, we are going to be inundated with stories about it. The test for those of us who believe in the opportunity of this company is going to be in keeping the faith until the tidal wave gets to us! And most importantly, in ignoring those who will clutter this thread with intentionally antagonistic posts, hoping to get a whole string of negative comments back. They feed off that, so starve 'em!! It may be a quarter or two, but I'm taking every opportunity, especially on down days like today, to pump up my position. Someone said no more than 5% of their portfolio was in one stock, and I have always agreed with that, but the opportunity here is just too great, so I have greatly violated that, with a big grin on my face. I can't wait!!! Who's going to Denver? I sure hope to be able to go. KLN