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To: George K. who wrote (119)	3/30/1998 9:40:00 AM
From: D. Peter Vanderlee	Respond to of 440

George, you have an interesting, though negative, way of viewing things. There are a wide variety of scenarios at play in deals involving convertible debt and, no, the lender does not always hold the option without additional caveats. If you are interested in discussing this further, contact me . Earlier in this discussion thread I've outlined how I can be reached. While I will do my best to keep an eye on the thread, I won't engage in a point by point debate with people I can't identify. Therefore, if you are sincerely interested, contact me by phone or e-mail. I promise to respond then, but do not make the same promise for this forum.

To: George K. who wrote (119)	3/30/1998 10:17:00 AM
From: Flora Wood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 440

George, Earlier on, you had expressed concern re: the patent covering the voice compression/ packet streaming process. My friend the programmer/ internet author did some checking and his response is that the patent is pretty secure. It's the algorithm which is protected, regardless of whether that algorithm works with another os. This has come up a lot with Java programming. There' s also a book on PGP (Pretty Good Protection) encryption technology which gives a brief history of patents as in the PGP case and the author points out that a developer facing the possibility of infringing on someone else's patent will almost always license the patented technology rather than litigate to produce a new version, because patent litigation is so expensive (more expensive than licensing). Still a conference call on offer if you want it, but let me know because Doug's schedule is filling in very fast. Flora