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To: Scott T. Fukuyama who wrote (6216)	1/16/1998 12:00:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

Sign of possible INS contract problem . . . The January 14 LA Daily News reported that the first of twelve LA area INS fingerprinting centers opened this week but also noted "The Los Angeles and Santa Ana centers will be equipped with fingerprinting computers, while the rest of the centers, including the one in Van Nuys, will continue to fingerprint manually, until the INS receives more funding.<i/> Here's my take: Last year's IDX contract is being spread around to open the occasional computerized fingerprint facility, but as we know the new contract has not come on line. The fact that the INS is reduced to taking manual prints as an interim measure implies a delay that we're not going to enjoy very much. If the new money were coming quickly, they wouldn't have to bother with a manual system on an interim basis. David Scott -- I like your knowledgeable interpretation of the potential Oracle deal better than my ignorant one.

To: Scott T. Fukuyama who wrote (6216)	1/20/1998 2:17:00 PM
From: David	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26039

A more refined Oracle/IDX Australian "seat" calculation . . . Having spoken to a friend of mine who is a government LAN administrator, it appears that the number of "seats" -- i.e., active user licenses -- needed at any one time depends on the application. If we assume that the Australian government will use the IDX machines to identify the users as they turn on their machines, then it could be expected that approximately 80% of the machines will always be in use, leading to a rather low multiplier of the 5000 seats (i.e., about 25% more, or about 3100 machines); if, however, the use being secured by a fingerscan is more restricted, such as access to a costly external data base, the ratio of machines to seats could be up at 5:1. My guess is we are looking at the lower multiplier. And by then, who knows, the price per machine may have dropped. Still a nice sale, though.