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To: Ruyi who wrote (1515)	12/23/1998 1:23:00 PM
From: TEDennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1654

Very interesting: "Forecross will be able to provide its automated factory services for Year 2000 renovation and independent validation, without requiring the shipment of customer code to its U.S. factory." That should alleviate some of the fears of the European sites that are afraid of shipping all their code overseas. This should permit Forecross to compete with the remediation firms that have a European presence. "The customer's code never leaves the customer's site ..." I don't get it. How is this a "factory service" if the code never leaves the customer's site? Seems to me that code still has to be shipped to the "secure factory". Which means it leaves the customer's site, contrary to the second claim. Either this press release was misleading, or I don't understand how Forecross does "renovation and independent validation". Or, both. TED

To: Ruyi who wrote (1515)	12/23/1998 3:52:00 PM
From: Crandell Addington	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1654

Doug: Unless you are able to read French, the site referred to will provide you with very little information of substantive value. I agree that the secure server is a tool that should allay the fears that corporations and governments have about releasing proprietary and classified code to third parties. I believe that this has always been part of the market reluctance to solve the problem anywhere except in house. Nevertheless, the introduction of this tool will still require marketing skills that in my opinion have been woefully lacking under the present management. The market seems to agree with me; I guess the burnt child fears the flame. Season greetings, Crandell