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Non-Tech : Simula (SMU) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Noblesse Oblige who wrote (1586)	4/29/1999 4:52:00 PM
From: bigg e	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1671

N.O.....thanks for your input. An FAA mandated retrofit would bode very well for SMU indeed if they can get all their gyros aligned at the SAN facility. I agree the customer base must realize limiting their choice of vendors would probably do more damage financially than leaving all channels open. I hope SMU can provide this service in a more timely and efficient manner moving forward. And I agree, the recent stock price has afforded an attractive entry or averaging point.

To: Noblesse Oblige who wrote (1586)	4/30/1999 2:48:00 AM
From: bigg e	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1671

N.O....this may be "old hat", but looking for institutional holdings in SMU here is a little info I found. Scudder/Kemper is the majority holder when it comes to institutional. As of 12/31/98 they had reduced their holdings 40% from 890K to 527K. As of the last report, they were holding a 5.3% stake in SMU. Of the top ten institutional holdings, two positions are new. They are Prudential Securities with a .4% stake and here's the one that caught my eye, a .3% stake was initiated by Berkshire/Hathaway. Not a large stake, but an endorsement by Buffet can't hurt.