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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Patriot Scientific - PTSC -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dave Swanson who wrote (4597)	3/26/1998 8:39:00 PM
From: Brian	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 8581

Dave, What does "credibility" have to do with my opinion? The facts that I have stated are that the traffic near the booth was nil, and that the demo contraption was pretty cheezy looking. As a matter of fact, this same cheezy looking thing was reported as being seen at the last conference/expo. Look, alot of you are missing something... Java is not just a language, it's becoming a culture, it's an attitude, for some it's even anti-microsoft. The point is, EVERYTHING associated with this Java thing is slick, cool, and high tech!! And if you want to play in this backyard you need to have the same mind set. For crying out loud the average age of the people attending Java One is 25!! Bottom line people, Image and Presentation count! Don't show me what the P1K chip CAN DO, but rather show me what can be done WITH IT! (and a plexi-glass box does not do a cutting edge "J A V A" processor any justice whatsoever. In any case, the basis for my previous post was to solicit additional comments from cap concerning some thoughts he may have regarding this new wave of let downs from PTSC. (aka NO-NEWS, NO-CONTRACTS). The reasons I addressed my post to Cap is simple: 1. He is a long time contributor to this thread. 2. He is never short of insightful information when it comes to defending PTSC from a NPP. (negative patriot poster). In fact, his best information comes from subsequent posts where he is defending the PTSC chip. 3. If i'm not mistaken, I think he has a friend at PTSC in which valuable information can be derived. So, although i'm not posting a positive message, I don't consider myself a NPP either. As I said, i'm in this boat too. I welcome additional comments from Java One as well. And I agree with Dave, lots of NPP slamming does occur. It's silly actually. Almost as if "YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH" jack nicholson. Well, Java One is not over with yet. Go Titanic Junior!! err... I mean Go Patriot. (the above stated views are my own, and probably yours too!!) Brian

To: Dave Swanson who wrote (4597)	3/26/1998 11:52:00 PM
From: Benedict Arnold	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8581

Dave, per your request... Brian, if I were you, I'd take what your friend says with grain of salt. I was at the show today and saw the booth. Let's correct some errors: 1. Almost every booth is a baby booth. Each booth has a table and shelf on one side of a square. A couple of companies have two sides, and 10 companies have an entire square, two have larger squares, Sun has a huge area, and that's it. 90% of the booth area consists of booths the same size as Patriot's--including Apple, Microsoft, WindRiver, ARM, etc. The entire squares are occupied by Syabase, Netscape, Oracle, IBM, Lotus, and a few others. One desirable aspect of the show is that almost everyone is on an equal footing. 2. I agree that the demo was not exciting, but it was JavaOS 1.1 running on the NC reference platform. That's a good chunk of work, but I suppose it could have been a browser or something. 3. Patriot is not selling NCs, so the plexiglass box is precisely appropriate. They are selling a CPU and need to show the construction of the NC electronics. You have a better suggestion than a see through box? 4. I'd rather Patriot spend their money on development than on glitz for the show. If you've been to electronic component shows, there usually isn't too much glitz. 5. Traffic came and went. Realize that the show is mostly software guys. They don't build computers and are not prospects for Patriot. Apparently the first day and a half was slow, and then someone let the hardware guys out of their cages. The booth was apparently pretty busy Wednesday afternoon and today. While most of the attendees, as software only types, are not the best prospects, many good prospects were identified and apparently many other valuable contacts were made with other companies that were exhibiting. I agree that perceptions are important, but not to the extent that cash is misspent. A simply functional demo more important than any amount of glitz and not having one. While glitz may sell the ignorant public, it does not sell the engineers that decide to use the chip or not (though it might help;-). Regards, Benedict Arnold