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To: JakeStraw who wrote (2873)	11/18/1998 10:34:00 AM
From: bob zagorin	Respond to of 13797

actually, i have a collection of about 500 cards from the fifties that is worth more than my 12k ALTS <g>

To: JakeStraw who wrote (2873)	11/18/1998 10:50:00 AM
From: jackhach	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13797

Listened in on the replay of the conference call. Eric and John were not in the same room, Eric was likely in UK and John in California. Both could have used a cup of coffee and the remainder half jgarcia's Milky Way bar for some sort of boost. I would guess they were discouraged by the lack of participation by analysts and investors in on the call -- maybe not... They still face a hard battle, however, the product has tested extremely well and is slightly ahead of schedule. Reception has been genuinely enthusiastic/positive from VARS/BPs by all reports. Ericson stated in the call that ALTS landed "new" business from a bunch of existing clients like AMACO, BP, and Northeast Utilities... AS PASSED ONTO ME (the following): They chose not to alienate some "older" existing or potential new clients in the (Even Better) revised design of EB. The product was to be based/designed around a Windows NT platform (alomost entirely), but they have decided to keep/allow the product to manage data held on UNIX file and database servers (as was before.) This has broadened the product's appeal and obviously made it possible to sustain/upsell some existing (UNIX and/or UNIX/NT)accounts without the need to convert to NT standard. The product incorporates newer MS/NT technologies while simultaneously improving upon existing UNIX-based capabilities. ALTS has just invented and trademarked a technology known as TIE (Targeted Image Extraction) which offers: > Rapid access to images > Reduced network traffic which makes best use of lower speed networks and/or the connection of large number of users. > Rapid browsing through multiple pages. > Low memory requirement on the client In other words, Altris EB with TIE does not need the network and workstation upgrades required by many systems to handle image effectively. -JH