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To: Asymmetric who wrote (2915)	4/18/1999 2:29:00 PM
From: Randy Ellingson	Respond to of 3115

Peter- Thanks very much for your comments on the CC. Very helpful for those of us who have not been able to listen firsthand. Randy

To: Asymmetric who wrote (2915)	4/18/1999 3:55:00 PM
From: Hans-Erik Eriksson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3115

Peter and ratlong, thanks to both of you for your summaries of the conference call! This is pure speculation, but what about this: * RATL now has 260 million in cash. * Levy is becoming working chairman and gets time "freed up", while Devlin and new COO runs current operations. * Statements that RATL will "become a much larger enterprise". * Don't want to make any short-term prognosis or guidance, though they have done so in the past. * 60% of licenses sold to companies involved in embedded software (which is where ObjecTime operates, which they have an option to buy). Dare I say "Acquisition" !? Again, just pure speculation. If that would be the case, it doesn't have to be a negative -- depending on what they buy and at what price, it could be a positive defining them even further as the complete software engineering tools company. Best, /Hans-Erik