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To: bob oserin who wrote (16874)	5/14/1998 1:54:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

'Boom, Boom, Out Go the Lights' ' with Jonathan Gregg May 13, 1998 Boom, Boom, Out Go the Lights The good news: Computers in securities firms and brokerages will survive the perilous transition to 1-1-00. The bad news? There may be no electricity to power them. At a breakfast briefing today, an industry representative assured about 80 congressional aides that securities companies were in excellent health. "There will be a successful conversion to Year 2000 in the United States in the securities industry," predicted Arthur Thomas, chair of the Securities Industry Association's Y2K committee. An industry-wide test is scheduled for March 1999, with a trial run this summer. As for the rest of the world, well, "when you get into emerging markets, there could be turmoil." Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology Association of America, said this proves the U.S. government must show more leadership. (ITAA certifies companies as Y2K-OK for $7,700 to $9,250.) Speaking last was David Hall, an embedded-systems consultant at Cara Corporation, who warned of power outages. "Every test I have seen done on an electrical power plant has caused it to shut down. Period. I know of no plant or facility investigated to this date that has passed without Y2K problems," he said. Added Hall: "Things like this come out and the mass media gets ahold of it -- you're going to have shortages because of panic. How to communicate this to the public needs to be addressed." It's a little late now. --By Declan McCullagh/Washington ... cgi.pathfinder.com

To: bob oserin who wrote (16874)	5/14/1998 10:13:00 AM
From: Karl Drobnic	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31646

Bob: I thought about the lawyer sitting in on the conference call, and I thought about Kevin Fallon saying "follow the money", and being emphatic that he was describing Tava reality, not dreams. I thought about 2,300 sites x $20,000 tool sales. I thought about 2,300 sites x $60,000 in services. I thought about "x $8" for full remediation, and Kelsall's description of rapidly improving revenue mix. I took Jenkin's $8-$10 million in May Y2K revenue to be confirmation that the tidal wave is crashing over the headlands. I asked myself why they put top management on hold for a 5-day meeting in California. Tava's got a huge amount of business lined up. Getting new business is no longer the focus. Leveraging it to the max, and keeping the best clients for Post Y2K is the focus.