Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : TAVA Technologies (TAVA-NASDAQ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (13066)	3/23/1998 12:23:00 PM
From: fma	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

Cheryl, I am reserving the name TAVA for my off shore CAl 40 sailboat which I plan on buying the instant TAVA hits 100. Haven't talked to John Jenkins yet, but plan on inviting him on board for a sail through the San Juan's as a bribe. Darn though, I'd have to sell some shares. I may need to rethink this! fma

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (13066)	3/23/1998 12:33:00 PM
From: Gerald L. Kerr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31646

Now whar's that there danged TIMBER!!!!!! feller? Shore'd tickle my old ribs if'n he a-showed his dang face. Message 3404195 Gerry

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (13066)	3/23/1998 12:37:00 PM
From: angra manyu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 31646

CK, Thanks for the TAVA research paper. You did go to great lengths in putting it together. This posting is going to be a long one, so readers please bear with me. I really have some serious doubts regarding the efficacy of 3rd party remediation of embedded systems. An embedded system as you all know has next to NO flexibility. Specially the systems that use the old and plain EPROM don't have the ability to upgrade the firmware dynamically. Those that use EEPROMs theoritically have the ability to accept erasure and allow reprogramming. In the first case the chip(EPROM) needs to be replaced after reprogramming and in the second the firmware needs to be upgraded, if the system has that capability else the chip needs to be replaced also, after software modification. The problem with firmware is limited space, the PROM has a fixed amount of memory and you have to fit the modified software in it. If it was already crammed to begin with, so much harder. On top of all that, TAVA, for example, will have to read the code, analyze, understand and then make the changes. What if it also might need hardware changes, for whatever reason. It is much harder to fix an embedded system because its interfaces vary from being non-existent to primitive. The original system manufacturer has a much better understanding of the system and has a better chance of making it Y2K compliant much faster because he knows the Code better than a 3rd party. Then all it takes is to send the new PROM to his customers. Why pay $4000 just to know if the chip in my system is Y2K compliant. Embedded systems do not provide, for the most part, interfaces to the outside world and the systems are preprogrammed, which means you can only do what the system allows you to do. How do you interface the CD with such systems. For eg. a Microwave Oven is an an embedded system, which may not work after Y2K. How do you think TAVA can interface with such a system. Whereas Panasonic which made the Oven, can simply sell a new chip that I can buy and install. (Microwave is only an example). I know the stock is going up; obviously Tava knows what it is doing. Now go ahead and tear me to pieces! regards Krishna