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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Saflink Corp. (ESAF) Biometric Software Provider -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hockeyfan who wrote (2739)	1/26/1998 4:11:00 PM
From: bob jordan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4676

J. Saf, I guess it is time to pull my head out of the sand. NRI is a software company. To say anything to the contrary is to be mistaken. The scanner that they try to sell is not made by them, it is made by Keytronic, and NRI gets a portion of the profit. The software standard they are trying to institute is for all of biometrics, not just fingerprints. Currently they have fingerprint identification, facial recognition, and voice recognition, I think. In any event, the point is that NRI is not confining themselves to one type of biometric ID. Hence if a company chooses NRI, they can upgrade or use other forms of biometric ID and still use the same software. NRI is the only company to offer such a package for Windows NT. A source that has never lied to me said that ten companies have already accepted HAAPI, or their products are HAAPI compliant. The point is hardware sucks. There is always someone who can make it cheaper and faster (just ask Micron). Software is the place to be, that's where you will find NRID. So as the price for scanners fall, NRI stands to benefit the most because that means that there are more companies that will need software to run their hardware. Let's face it: fingerprints will not be the final word in biometrics. 5% of the population cannot use fingerprint scanners because of the ridges on their fingre are not pronounced enough, also fingers and fingerprints can change over a lifetime with scars and whatnot. However, fingerprint ID will, in my opinion, be the first word in biometrics. That is to say that fingerprint ID will be the first application of biometric ID that goes to mass market because of the price point that it has achieved. However, I believe that there will be superior forms of biometric ID that come out, such as voice ID, that when perfected will be the next evolution for biometric ID. Fingerprint ID does have the stigma of having "Big Brother" connotations. Voice ID is much less intrusive and with time and refinement be a proven and preferred method. In summary NRI is a SOFTWARE company. To compare NRI to a hardware company is a mistake. NRI is lining up companies to use HAAPI as their protocol for their scanners (voice, hand, fingerprint...) so that a company that chooses to use biometric ID can purchase the software from NRI and run whatever the hell biometric ID floats their boat. As opposed to some lesser companies that have locked themselves into one aspect of biometrics and are really hoping that their method will be the universal standard. Keep in mind that this is my opinion and whoever chooses to use this as a ground for investing does so AT THEIR OWN RISK. Finally, I think that people should do their own research when looking at a company. NRI has a webpage and an e-mail address. Also on that page is a phone number. If you have questions, ask the company itself, rather than draw you own biased and probably untrue opinions. And for the love of the Almighty, don't ask other people on the net for their opinion and assume it is anything more than an opinion! Now, if you'll excuse me, I see a pile of sand.... Bob