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From: Don jessup (djessup72, yahoo dot com) Date: 2001.11.26 - 14.18 MST
I'm all for it. Maybe, we can do it over lunch or dinner. Or is this something were we need a white board. --- Perry Merritt <perry, merrittclan dot com> wrote: > Sorry for the confussion. I left with the impression > that Paul would be willing to give us our initial > round of funding, just not until January. > > Dan asked me if you guys would like to meet Thursday > or Friday to discuss this stuff face to face. Anyone > interested? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don jessup djessup72, yahoo dot com > Sent: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:44:09 -0800 (PST) > To: antera, cryptofreak dot org > Subject: Re: Home > > > I understand that Paul is ineterested and > willing > to help and I imagine his experience would be > extremely valuable. > I'm still not clear on a question that June asked. > Do you really think Paul will be giving us money > in January? This last e-mail make's it sound very > unlikely. > > > > --- Perry Merritt <perry, merrittclan dot com> wrote: > > I think Paul is interested. He's asked for a > > business plan that he can present to his > investment > > group and to friends of his here in the states. > Dan > > and I have been working on it this weekend. I just > > sent him my stuff. THe plan is to get it back to > > Paul midweek this week. He sent Dan an email after > > we got back apologizing for not giving us a check > > and offering to support us as we seek funding. > > > > We need to write some other things that I sure > don't > > have a problem with getting your help on. > > > > We need a whitepaper that describes the > architecture > > and the two products DataExtender and TeraGuard > > (ARVM and ADML). > > > > We also need to start filing out patent forms. > There > > is a bunch of information at > > > http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/design/index.html > > > > > > I figured on three patent attempts, The ability to > > capture file activity for the purpose of providing > > intelligent data management (adml), The ability to > > provide policy-based management of kernel and > > application software (portal), and The ability to > > utilize applications in a policy-based storage > > system (ITK). > > > > So if you'd like to start working on any of those > it > > would be helpful. > > > > > > We got to play on Saturday. We visted the Tower of > > London, took a city cruise down the Thames to > > Westminster, heard Big Ben chime, saw Parlament, > > rode the tube to St Paul's, (went inside, but Dan > > wouldn't pay to see the really cool parts) and > then > > rode the train out of Paddington station to > Reading > > and on to Ditcot. Sunday we walked outside the > hotel > > and saw Wallingford castle (or what remains of > it). > > It was right behind our hotel in Wallingford. On > the > > way back from the meeting on Monday we drove > through > > Oxford. Didn't eat any beef, but got to go out for > > Indian one night, oh boy. > > > > Have I ever mentioned that I hate computers? I > > installed my wireless network this weekend. $75 > > billion dollars and a day of work later, now I > can't > > play network games, one computer crashes in > netbuei, > > and my DSL won't work. > > > > Perry > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: June Mullins junemullins, earthlink dot net > > Sent: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 14:18:08 -0700 > > To: antera, cryptofreak dot org > > Subject: Re: Home > > > > > > Sorry the money wasn't immediately forthcoming. > The > > only thing I'm > > afraid of > > is how serious Paul is - is he really going to be > > giving us money in > > January? I actually > > don't mind waiting until then - I'm enjoying > having > > the time off in the > > meantime. What's > > the next step for us? What can we do to help > until > > then? > > > > Did you get a chance to play at all in England. I > > hope you did some fun > > things too, > > over the weekend. You didn't eat the beef, did > you? > > > > I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I did - > > but too much food! > > > > June > > > > Perry and Lorae Merritt wrote: > > > > > Dan and I got home around 5:00 tonight. > > > > > > > > > > > > While the trip wasn't exactly what we had hoped > > for, it was still a > > > good learning experience. Dan and I came back > with > > a list of things to > > > get done, surrounding a business plan, getting a > > whitepaper on the > > > technology and getting patents filed. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry you were in the dark while we were > gone, > > I thought Dan had > > > sent you something Monday, but I didn't see it > > when I got home. > > > > > > > > > > > > Monday we met with a guy that wanted to provide > us > > with a CEO and to > > > help us find funding. All he wanted in return > was > > a large sum of stock > > > and cash. We're going to try some other avenues > > first. > > > > > > > > > > > > We had a meeting with a technical/sales guy that > > Barry knows on > > > Saturday. He thinks the products are solid > ideas. > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul, whom we met with on Tuesday, also very > much > > likes what he saw. > > > He wants to put RAID controllers (that he > already > > builds and ships) > > > out on a fibre channel behind our IMU and wants > to > > stripe across the > > > controllers. That way he can loos a drive and > the > > controller will > > > protect the data and he can lose a controller > and > > we'll protect the > > > data. He has a lot of legacy hardware in the > field > > already and likes > > > the idea of being able to extend the life of it > > with out solution. > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, as I said from England, Paul > won't > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 -- This is the antera mailing list. 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