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To: ratlong who wrote (2327)	4/18/1998 9:10:00 PM
From: Dan B. Brockman	Respond to of 3115

You can only hope it's RATL's time to emulate BMC Software (BMCS) which is flying to success in spite of nay sayers about it's connection with IBM main frame business. I see the same comments and attitude here that I saw with BMCS five years ago. Competition questions, financial analysis, basic niche product usefulness, management skills, etc. If RATL can execute the business plan, holders of RATL should be in the money in 2002 and beyond. Don't settle for a few percentage points...I'm up about 600% on BMCS and still holding.

To: ratlong who wrote (2327)	4/20/1998 5:46:00 AM
From: Thomas Haegin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3115

Trevor, Hans and All, I have been absent quite a while and am now starting to catch up again with RATL and other stocks. Well, it seems to me that the RATL story has rather improved over the last two or three months (the conventions in New York, then the SD West and now the gathering in Arizona where Trevor joined). On the other hand the RATL stock price has moved nowhere, and I admit that I hurt a little looking at the Dow having risen 1000 points more or less in the same time span. But I will stick to RATL for now, believing that longer-term views will ultimately being proven correct. One fellow here cites his investment in BC-somthing Software (with the IBM mainframe link), I can personally cite FP as a very good investment that turned positive for me only recently, but with a vengeance. All I'm looking for right now is RATL putting in decent numbers on 4/22 and report decent business perspectives for the rest of this year. The last CC in December was encouraging and I hope they can repeat that. Meanwhile I'm afraid one cannot but continue to have more patience. Thanks Trevor for your continued shared insight into RATL product line. Thomas