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To: Michael L. Bland who wrote (5332)	3/25/1998 2:57:00 PM
From: BigJake	Respond to of 10903

Everyone out there realize that "tool time" brings a whole new dimension to this Y2K stock? I also like the way they have cited references in today's press release.

To: Michael L. Bland who wrote (5332)	3/25/1998 3:03:00 PM
From: MB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10903

H+N Partners is no longer representing TPI. I just got off the phone with Jim Kaufman and was told that that he will no longer represent TPI. Apparently they didn't see eye to eye on a lot of things. Jim felt that his hands were tied during the past 3 months and couldn't go out and recommend TPI to anybody without a concrete reason to buy the stock. This explains the increased number of announcements during the past week. Jim only wanted TPI to release Contract announcements, whereas TPI is more interested in releasing everything at this point. Jim felt he couldn't do his job properly, so the relationship was terminated. Hopefully, TPI is actively pursuing other Investment Firms that can make their name known.

To: Michael L. Bland who wrote (5332)	3/25/1998 7:43:00 PM
From: TEDennis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10903

Michael: Re: My take on the news release. I wasn't going to post anything, but since you asked ... On the surface, this looks great. TPI finally has a product! I have some other not-so-positive thoughts, too. It's the skeptic in me, I guess. I'll comment on statements I found interesting. 1) They announced a new product. The release number is 2.1 ?? Hmmmm. Sounds to me like they took the tool they've been using all along for their Year 2000 projects and put a nice ribbon around it. That's certainly not a bad thing. That means it has been tested on real code (maybe). 2) They decided to combine their Product Development cabability with their Year 2000 experience. Oh? Already? (he says, sarcastically). Actually, I think this 'announcement' was necessary because the technology was purchased from somebody else (I think). I would expect that TPI found it necessary to continue developing/enhancing the tool as they uncovered more and more glitches (also called "opportunities"). 3) They support multiple languages. An absolute must! Too bad they didn't tell us which ones. COBOL is a must. PL/I would be my 2nd choice, particularly in the International arena. What about Assembler, RPG, Pascal, C, C++, ....) 4) "Century Scan 2.1 is faster, more efficient, and more accurate than any other product on the market." Oh, really? I wonder who they got to sit down with the other 37 products on the market to make that determination? 5) The tool is "highly customizable". This is good. 6) "The results from Century Scan proved TPI is ahead of its competition". Proved, huh? OK, I'll bite ... who is considered their competition? 7) "It also does a full propagation analysis". I certainly hope so, otherwise their claims of being more accurate than their competition wouldn't hold much water. Propagation analysis is the key to finding a large majority (not ALL) of the dates in an application. I wonder if the propagation analysis is done all ALL the languages they support? If so, that's quite a feat. I suspect it's only done on the main 3rd generation languages (COBOL, PL/I, etc.). Overall, this is a very positive announcement for TPI. Now, if they can convince me that this wasn't just a press release making their existing stuff look market ready ... Regards, TED