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To: ratlong who wrote (2807)	1/25/1999 2:54:00 PM
From: Hans-Erik Eriksson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3115

ratlong, Ericsson deal has finally been officially announced (it must have been rumored for 1 1/2 year!). No details about the size of the deal, but Ericsson (ERICY) use Rational tools heavily. I believe the deal generates revenues consistently (I've heard they pay a fee for each copy of a Rational tool that they install and use) - it's not a fixed amount. More deals with other larger companies, please! I also hear rumors of LARGE software companies interested in licensing the Rational Unified Process (which in turn will sell a lot of tools to these companies and their customers). See news release: go2net.newsalert.com Also, RATL has sold the swedish company SoftLab to Ericsson, a consulting and services company that they bought a while ago. Probably won't be a press release of that, it's not one of their greatest deals... Best regards, /Hans-Erik