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To: leigh aulper who wrote (693)	12/1/1998 7:25:00 PM
From: John Stichnoth	Respond to of 2082

All: Question on Canadian accounting. Is the 28+ million shares fully diluted, or is it reported in some (different?) Canadian methodology? I.e., what are the total potential shares outstanding if preferred shares, warrants and anything else were converted to common? Anyone got an idea? Also, what is this "deferred development costs" charge? Does that mean they charged $262K to this quarter's expenses, or did they credit a liability account for charges that will now be amortized? Any input would be appreciated. Every once in a while they look like they're turning the corner, then you read the text and realize they've got almost $500,000 in one-time only income. Oh, well. Best to all, JS

To: leigh aulper who wrote (693)	12/6/1998 1:44:00 PM
From: Richard P. Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2082

Questions to ZI threaders, if this ZI internet Browser and input technology is so hot why are there no earnings to speak of ? Really,9 months of revenue of only $1.6 M of which almost half a mil is recovered one time court costs.They have only got 40, or so, employees and 3 offices. Their Zi browser and input technology is no longer new, it should have hit some market besides the Hong Kong telecom connection. Did their lawyers blow it like Spyglass ? Spyglass negotiated a % of revenue contract with MSFT to embed their technology in msft explorer, then msft gave away their browser free ! Spyglass big percentage of revenue in licensing fees was worth nothing. Please, am I missing something, it seems that there is huge promise here but the stock is a joke (or an infant chinese microsoft?) Just what has Bill Gates done with Chinese versions of Explorer ? Any and All comments or input <g> appreciated.