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Technology Stocks : Logpoint Technologies (LGPT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dr. D who wrote (32)	5/25/1998 6:16:00 PM
From: Jester	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 698

I have a couple questions that I hope someone here can answer. Why is this company waiting to receive patents in the near future that were filed in 1993? I understand the patent process takes a while but this is way outside the normal time frame especially for a company whose success depends a lot on timely implementation of their technology. Secondly, the software based floating point technology that I am sure is ingenious is irrelevant to the Pentium based world. 8086/8088, 286/287, 386/387, 486/487 technologies required a co-processor for heavy duty mathematical calculations and could well have benefited from this. Today's Pentium processors have floating point technology built into the main chip. Is there any application for this software with Pentiums and beyond? I understand that there are many computers still in operation today that use old processors. However, we are in an age where the cost of new technology in the computer field drops on a daily basis. There is almost no good argument for spending money upgrading antiquated technology when the new stuff is so cheap. How big is the market for this technology on old systems? I would really appreciate some response from true tech level guys or system engineers who might have some insight into this. Frankly, I think if Mr. Pickett and Dr. Shanks had been able to sell this five years ago they would be multi millionaires today. rsp djb