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To: Richaaard who wrote (6488)	9/1/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: Starlight	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9695

Richard - You're entitled to your opinion, and I'm entitled to mine. I don't see the "credibility problem" that you seem to see. If you are so negative on the stock, why do you own it? Why do you feel there will be NO market for JMAR's XRL? As I've said before - the US Govt. has put millions into backing JMAR's XRL. I think that gives them "credibility". By the way, there's a picture of the XRL system in the booklet JMAR mailed out after the annual meeting. It's not large - fits on a table top (however this is just the laser system, and doesn't include a stepper). Some of you might want to call and ask for the "Corporate Presentation" booklet. Betty

To: Richaaard who wrote (6488)	9/2/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: X-Ray Man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9695

Richaaard, Perhaps JMAR is not the company who can bring the XRL tool to the general semiconductor manufacturer doing ASIC/ULSI with small gates, etc., that is the target end user for DARPA. But they are taking what I think is the best approach to do so: laser powered target. The IBM solution is suitable only for IBM scale fabrication. The only other competing source is the pinch plasma and I think it is less attractive. But the missing piece of technology right now is really the collimator, and only JMAR is funded to do the R&D for that as well as the final system integration. If XRL fails, JMAR does not necessarily. It is one R&D line of exploration. However, if JMAR fails implementing XRL, then it will definitely delay XRL as a small house production tool, and might mean it remains confined to places like IBM. We shall see. In any case, noone should be investing in JMAR based on XRL alone. The other lines of business are currently generating operating income, and success in running them at greater profitability is the measure of both short term value, but also long term in being able to garner earnings out of XRL if it ultimately moves from R&D into manufacture. JMO