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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (60012)	6/2/1999 3:34:00 PM
From: Robert Rose	Respond to of 164684

Michelle, re: Interleaf. Here is the little I know. Interleaf was the first to market with a scalable desktop publishing system (able to produce large tech manuals). But the user-interface sucked big time. Then came FrameMaker, almost as scalable with a much better interface. Then you had Word, a glorified word processor that kept getting better but not better enough. Interleaf meanwhile languished. The last I remember (about a year ago) the stock was at $2. So apparently they have been doing something better since then. And maybe that is because of XML. I cannot vouch for their future one way or the other, but in general, given the myriad of choices, I think it's a safer bet to stick with established leaders who do not falter. fwiw. Rob

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (60012)	6/2/1999 3:37:00 PM
From: divvie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Re: XML. Don't know anything about LEAF but do know that a lot of the software vendors that I speak to are really excited about the future of XML. They reckon DHTML is a step in the right direction but XML is in their future. I will definitely look into LEAF now. BTW I went to an Information Builders conference in Orlando a couple of weeks ago. They seem to have a very good reporting tool for SAP (we are getting the HR module) and wondered if you have had any experience with them. I bought some DCLK July 115 calls today at $5. I put in a limit order to split the (over a buck) spread but it did not fill until the ask came down to $5.