THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700




June 11, 1999

03 00050 61 99061101




Mr. William A. Benkavitch
19 Waleship Plaza
San Francisco, CA 94111

Subject: SDS on the Internet
NSF Proposal

Dear Bill,

Thanks very much for your letter on Jun 2 evaluating Communication Metrics on the Internet. I cited your letter as evidence of commercial potential in a proposal to the National Science Foundation for funding to support further improvements.

Sincerely,

THE WELCH COMPANY



Rod Welch