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To: SteelerStu who wrote (3505)	5/2/1999 10:39:00 PM
From: SteelerStu	Respond to of 18366

By: TWOMIL Reply To: 10098 by ByronZ Friday, 30 Apr 1999 at 9:56 AM EDT Post # of 11772 RealNetworks News Will Be: Lucent and RNWK's have worked together for a long time on achieving compatibility with their systems. IBM has also been running Lucent's systems in the Madison Project. RNWKS, Lu, eDig, and IBM represent the complete package for anyone needing to build a handheld device. The alliances in this industry require software, firmware, and hardware. It will be one of the first times Microsoft will feel and perhaps be out on the periphery. Their past predatory practices do not make them a partner with whom one can be comfortable. The news from RNWKS will be very complementary and essential to eDig's growth--and there will be much more to come that will be very direct about $$'s to eDig. I view today as a very important positioning day for entry and re-entry. As active as this board has been, the real story about how we will obtain and play music is just starting to be told. When the investing public reads about all the various companies, eDig will stand out as the unknown that made it and deserves attention. Our society loves the underdog who can win and befriends those companies that are still reasonably priced. There is a story here that has yet to be told. Continue to share this story as we have been. Good luck to all:

To: SteelerStu who wrote (3505)	5/2/1999 10:47:00 PM
From: SteelerStu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

y: TWOMIL Reply To: 10383 by haiyaku Friday, 30 Apr 1999 at 2:06 PM EDT Post # of 11776 RNWKS & LUCENT and Music Labels What I believe we'll learn on Monday will have much more to do with the relationships with the Music Labels. The ML's control the content we'll all pay for and why should they not cut themselves in on part of the handheld end user customer piece of the pie. The ML's have been quiet, yet directive, about what they will and won't accept from the SDMI in the past 4 meetings. IMO they will continue to use this influence to capture and secure their strong foothold in the marketplace. The Music Labels have no lost love for MP3, and A2B's technology remains under the cloud of litigation from Lucent. This leaves Lucent as the most likely ally with the ML's. Should Lucent obtain an agreement with any of the major Labels, the other ML's will not only follow but clear the path for Lucent's technology and eDig's designs. Last week when Lucent announced their partnering with eDig it forced all the others out of the woodwork---RIO, Thompson E, Creative Labs-- to make their statements. If these companies cannot secure a relationship with the ML's, they will not be strong factors in this industry. I foresee the ML's also interposing themselves in that small space between the consumer electronic companies and the end user. Should a consumer electronic company not hook up with the "economically and politically correct" component provider (Lucent), will their handheld work with the ML's content? It may not. Over the long term the ML's will emerge much stronger and profitable than they've ever been because the consuming public will have even easier access to content and at a lower cost than current distribution channels. eDig is privileged to be working with the strongest and most capable component provider (Lucent) emerging in this industry. I do not see any of the other handheld OEMs so positioned. The profits awaiting eDig are enormous given the above extremely likely scenario. The strong position eDig holds in this market is still not apparent to most investors. Since the SDMI meetings in London go from 5-3 through 5-5-99, I expect a lot of announcements to crowd in during these meetings. This baby gorilla is being groomed and readied for an amazing debut. It will be much more than xMas in May for shareholders in this company. As more and more news of the industry gets released I've become even more impressed with what management of this small company has achieved. The key to profiting through shareholder status has always been the skill, determination, and ability to focus by a management team. Since Mr. Falk has been at the helm, his focus and performance has been spectacular. If there were ever a bonus that was deserved, it's his for the asking as far as I'm concerned. As shareholders, perhaps that's what the board of directors should hear from us. Good luck to all.