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To: Edwarda who wrote (3548)	11/15/1998 3:28:00 PM
From: mrknowitall	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6021

Edwarda - been out of NETA for a while and still waiting for the next inevitable dip; agree NETA is huge amounts of hype and without acquisitions they'll have to prove performance out of what has looked like constant turmoil and possible "advantageous" accounting situations. <<OT>> More toro more toro (the really good stuff without the bands of fat)! Had giant scallops last night too!!! Mr. K.

To: Edwarda who wrote (3548)	11/16/1998 4:27:00 AM
From: MoonFather	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6021

>>>the company's technology, which is inferior for the most part. This is--or should be--known and understood. Could you elaborate on this? I am asking cause I don't understand the bad image NAI's software has. Every so many months someone stands up and tramples on the NAI software quality (Rod McPherson are you still there?) but what I see is that there is not one single vendor in NAIs market that offers something superior. If you break it down to the 4 core components and look at their main competition: AV soft: symantec only remaining competition. Maybe they have something as good as NAI, but no way can you call it better. fiewall: Checkpoint clear leader in marketshare, but the Gauntlet firewall has the reputation of being the most secure product. network analysis: Sniffer. I rest my case. helpdesk: Remedy still #1, but NAI has announced a new helpdesk called merlin that will --according to them-- redefine the market. So from where comes the assumption that their software is so bad? Just curious.