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Technology Stocks : Data Race (NASDAQ: RACE) NEWS! 2 voice/data/fax: ONE LINE! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Adelantado who wrote (27846)	2/12/1998 11:38:00 PM
From: Ignacio Mosqueira	Respond to of 33268

Joe there are good reasons for that as has been stated numerous times already. Read Rand's thoughts again particularly where he states the time at which he became aware of the product. Other issues have been repeated over and over again. If you do not believe those are sufficient fine, but do you have anything new to add?

To: Adelantado who wrote (27846)	2/12/1998 11:55:00 PM
From: Marshall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33268

It's been explained many times before by the company and on the thread. Original plans of direct marketing filling in until major resellers could be signed, trained and hitting the streets didn't work out as expected. Resellers are now hitting the streets. You can wait for signs of their efforts in the revenue figures and possible press or you can perform a lot of research and attempt to get an early peek. Several of us have "responded" to that guy with facts yet he will not discuss matters - he only continues to post the same, often inaccurate, lines over and over again.

To: Adelantado who wrote (27846)	2/12/1998 11:55:00 PM
From: Niels Larsen	Respond to of 33268

I think its because Race doesnt know how to sell, or even get the word out. Noone knows about BT. It is unclear to me if George Bennett will be able to make a difference.

To: Adelantado who wrote (27846)	2/13/1998 2:52:00 AM
From: Kashish King	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33268

When you can't respond to an argument, then critique the person. Which only goes to prove my point that their personal attacks only serve to trigger interest in what it is they are in such a knot about. Instead of specific discussion about the product its competitors, you have a guy who walks around kicking up dust and clanging pots -- seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day. I noticed early on that there was rarely any discussion about the specific capabilities of the product which I found puzzling, until I found out why. There is no unique, revolutionary technology; only a run-of-the-mill adaptation of existing modem chipsets to legacy corporate telephone systems. There are several players within this niche but roaming employees are apparently not a priority. One has to make the distinction between remote and roaming because there are different technologies which can be consistently applied depending on which type of employee you have. Again, the key point to be made is that BT and its competitors would only be considered where direct access to the corporate telephone system (PBX) is required. The trend is away from such systems and toward intranet- and Internet-based solutions but bridge products are being introduced in increasing numbers. BT isn't even a mildly interesting product, IMO, but should the market magically spring to life you will see Lucent, Nortel and others providing those extensions without much effort.