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To: Kathy Riley who wrote (12817)	3/19/1998 1:46:00 AM
From: Kal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Kathy, I greatly appreciate your response :) I intend to hold TAVA for the long haul.. might even add to holdings. I was asking about the existence of similar 'TAVAs' to, maybe, invest in them. It seems to me TAVA's business field is big.. and thought there might be others doing the same thing. regards Kal.

To: Kathy Riley who wrote (12817)	3/19/1998 4:09:00 PM
From: James Strauss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Kathy: TAVA appears to have a monopolistic niche in the Embedded Chip Y2k market and beyond... This price rise on big volume is no accident... Something is yet to be announced... Jim

To: Kathy Riley who wrote (12817)	3/20/1998 11:42:00 PM
From: biffpincus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

In the category of "competition is good" ... It looks like TAVA has a new embedded chip competitor that goes by the name of CTA, Inc. of Rockville, Md. Don't know much about them, except for what I found out below. I found the below-listed article in the "Federal Computer Week" newspaper. The following is from the March 16, 1998 Edition, pg. "58". Also, the article can be found at www.fcw.com. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx NEW SOLUTIONS FIX PROBLEMS SMALL & LARGE BY MARGRET JOHNSTON (margret_johnston@fcw.com) The government's century date-change problems span a range of systems, from the unseen processors that run federal and military buildings' security systems to mainframes that handle the distribution of government checks. More and more, industry vendors offer solutions that cover that same span. CTA Inc., Rockville, Md., is offering a consulting service for assessing and fixing century date-change problems in embedded systems. The term "embedded" is used to describe processors that are running behind the scenes in systems that manage everything from stoplights to the gates at the entrances of parking garages to weapons systems components. CTA's Process: CTA's service begins with testing to find out whether a system recognizes the four-digit date change. If a problem occurs, CTA contacts the vendor that supplied the software -- provided the company still exists -- and works with it to find a way to correct the problem. If the company no longer exists, CTA develops a solution using bench testing, a database tool and risk assessment. CTA gained knowledge of embedded systems through a contract it has held for nearly 20 years with the Navy to supply embedded systems on fighter jets, a CTA official said. The company decided to apply the expertise gained in the project to a service focusing on embedded software in response to customer requests. Mail questions to webmaster@fcw.com Copyright 1998 FCW Government Technology Group