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To: Lewis Edinburg who wrote (1949)	1/15/1999 9:35:00 PM
From: TTOSBT	Respond to of 5102

Re: "Do you know what European based consulting staff Inprise has to support the European market?" Not specifically. But I do know -or have read- that the European sales staff has passed the training curve and are ready to present the enterprise products there etc. So when I read Hans-Erik's post it encourages me to believe that the company is closer to it's crossroads and it is probably a good bet at this time. Also Europe seems to be in an extended growth phase. Maybe the Euro hype has something to do with it or maybe it will turn out to be just another Nafta? But investing is a gamble and this one could turn out to be very profitable. LOL TTOSBT

To: Lewis Edinburg who wrote (1949)	1/16/1999 7:07:00 AM
From: Hans-Erik Eriksson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

Lewis, > Do you know what European based consulting staff Inprise > has to support the European market? They are slowly building up a european sales and support organization (back in the Borland days, they had local companies in many european countries but they disappeared when Borland got into trouble). They now have a European headquarter in Amsterdam (Holland), but they also have employed sales representatives in most european countries (that is something that has happened the last 6 months). The support organization is based in Amsterdam, but they are trying to get local representation in each country through the use of partners (which they give technical training either in the US or in Amsterdam) -- in Sweden there's a company called Agenda which seems competent. There is definitely room for improvement though, as many buyers of enterprise tools will look to the support organization to choose vendor -- and there's probably also revenue to be made if Inprise in time could have a local consulting and support organization of their own in most european countries. Glad you guys liked my post. /Hans-Erik