| April 26, 2000 | 03 00050 61 00042601 |
Mr. Michael C. Wirth, Ph.D.
Manager USR Software
wirth@almaden.ibm.com
User Systems Ergonomics Research
IBM
Almaden Research Center
650 Harry Road, NWE/B2
San Jose, CA 95120
| Subject: | Alliance for Development |
|
SDS, POIMS, Communication Metrics |
Dear Mike,
This confirms my voice mail message this morning, following up our telecon on April 19 about my letter introducing a research and development opportunity centered on subject work.
Cliff Joslyn at Los Alamos National Lab has expressed interest in seeing the technology, based on recent considerations. The record of LANL's review may facilitate your consideration of a fit with ARC's objectives. As noted in my voice mail this morning, I am on a jury this week, so the work days are tied up, but wondering if we can schedule a visit to demonstrate SDS capability for assessment of potential alliance? I am pretty sure IBM can both use and market this technology, and the only issue is how to get the wheels turning in the right direction. Experience shows this second point is pretty difficult, but we should at least try to investigate the prospects.
Thanks.
Sincerely,
THE WELCH COMPANY
Rod Welch
rowelch@attglobal.net