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Technology Stocks : NewKidCo International (OTC:NKCIF) (TSE:NKC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (2160)	8/2/1998 8:22:00 PM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4231

If anybody has a contact at NewKid, you could tell them this: The kids were lined up playing on a dozen Playstations in the mall today. Disney has some kind of promo going for their Pixar bug movie coming out around Thanksgiving, the game they were playing was Disney's. Newkid ought to come out with a bug game, I was surprised at the very young age of some if the kids--there were four year olds who looked perfectly adept at handling the Playstation controller. I've felt that the Elmo thing could be a real winner, people don't want their kids playing on their PC, and it is too much effort to maintain a PC for yourself and one for the kids. But leave a Playstation downstairs in front of the TV, and you're all set--however there is a dearth of edutainment titles for console as far as I can tell. Elmo is great, but do a deal for the bugs! Here is something else I thought of today: What kind of a cut is Data Becker getting for the add ons? That might have been a good question to ask before I bought my second third a few weeks ago. By the way, I discovered DataChannel's website the other day, check it out, very nice. Anything new on the NG's? Havent read the xml newsgroup lately--will post later today if I find anything. And...a good article to read dbmsmag.com

To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (2160)	8/3/1998 12:25:00 AM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 4231

SoftQuad International Inc ....It's an Alpha World after all.... "...all options granted to Mr. Gurney [Founder, Chairman, former CEO] were cancelled by him in 1997. Mr.Gurney's employment agreement was terminated effective August 29, 1997...Shareholders are being asked to approve a special resolution authorizing the continuance of the Company under ...the New Brunswick Act. The majority of the Company's current directors are "resident Canadians" as defined in the Ontario Act...the NB Act does not require any of the directors of a corporation governed by such Act to be Canadian residents. As the focus of the Company's business has continued to move towards the United States, in order to provide the Company with greater flexibility to attract and retain qualified directors, including independent directors, and strengthen the Company's board of directors, management feels it would be advantageous to remove the present Canadian residency restrictions governing the composition of the Board of Directors...New Brunswick [does] not require that a majority of the Board of Directors be comprised of Canadian residents. Management believes that continuing the Company into New Brunswick...is in the Company's best interests..." source: SOFTQUAD INTERNATIONAL INC Information Circular As At April 15, 1998 SOLICITATION OF PROXIES note: this resolution was unanimously passed...accordingly one can expect Roberto Drassinower, John Stewart, Mark Skapinker* and David Gurney* to be replaced. *Skapinker and Gurney may be replaced contingent upon a successful SoftQuad Inc. divestiture [conjecture only]. Pursuant to said NB Act it appears SoftQuad may maintain its TSE listing regardless of a SoftQuad Inc divestiture and or replacement of all or a majority of Canadian resident (TSE:SKI) directors. ...so what are they waiting for?...shareholder value will unequivocally and immediately be established upon strengthening the Board as it goes to [management's] intent...[shareholder value maximization]...it is simply the correct and timely signal to the street and SoftQuad's shareholders...accordingly, is a name change also in the wind?