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


Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 16:47:57 -0700

04 00067 61 01091302



Mr. Eric Armstrong
eric.armstrong@eng.sun.com
Armstrong Consulting
1200 Dale Avenue #100
Mountain View, CA 94040

Subject:   KM Progress, CoreOne, Eugene, Eric, Jack, et al

Dear Eric,

Look forward to Eugene's announcement on OHS/DKR progress, noted in your letter today.

Understand you and Jack have been working with Eugene on new developmnts. Glad to hear your collaboration is bearing results.

Sincerely,

THE WELCH COMPANY



Rod Welch
rowelch@attglobal.net