April 20, 2000

Warning about a "bad deal" making the rounds www.sales.com and www.salesforce.com---first five users free www.securedirect.com hits the mail and the e-mail ( worth a look ) From Paul Menzel: Ric Wilbur called to notify of a bad deal floating around Lessee: Micro Net Systems, Inc dba Studio 2K Principal: Gloria Vilchezx Vendor: Sin Yung Music He almost booked this with Colonial and then things fell apart. Preferred and Trinity have deals on the books with them. Colonial has seen it three times

************************************************* Paul J. Menzel, CLP Senior Vice President / General Manager Leasing Division SANTA BARBARA BANK & TRUST P.O. Box 1199 Santa Barbara, CA 93102-1199 1 South Los Carneros Road Goleta, CA 93117 (805)560-1650 PaulM@sbbt.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.sales.com From Seibel---a great source of sales information, free software programs, and a direct competitor with the Oracle version: SALESFORCE Your first 5 users are FREE https://www.salesforce.com/about/index.html Salesforce.com (http://www. salesforce.com) will revolutionize the delivery of enterprise-class business applications and services via the Web. The company's first offering, aptly named salesforce.com, immediately empowers businesses of any size to safely and securely manage, share and leverage their critical sales information anytime, anywhere, using the Internet. The company plans to expand its Internet-based service to include a full suite of Customer Relationship Management applications. Privately held, salesforce.com was founded in March 1999 by former Oracle executive Marc Benioff. Investors Bob Anderson, Founder, KLA/Tencor Gigi Brisson, Harvey Allison, Attractor Partners Larry Ellison, Chairman, Oracle John Friedenrich, Partner, Bay Partners William Hambrecht, Chairman of W.R. Hambrecht & Co. Halsey Minor, Chairman, CNET Patrick McGovern, Chairman, IDG Igor Sill, Founder of Geneva Group and General Partner of Geneva Venture Partners Magdalena Yesil, Partner, U.S. Venture Partners Board of Directors Marc Benioff, Chairman, salesforce.com John Dillon, President & CEO, salesforce.com Larry Ellison, Chairman, Oracle Halsey Minor, Chairman, CNET Magdalena Yesil, Venture Partner, U.S.Venture Partners Stratton Sclavos, President and CEO, VeriSign Executive Management Team Marc Benioff, Chairman John Dillon, President & CEO Andrew Hyde, SVP & CFO Ken Rudin, SVP Technology Jim Burleigh, VP Business Development Jim Cavalieri, VP Systems Engineering Nancy Benfield, VP Human Resources Shelly Duvall, VP Inside Sales

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Secure Direct www.securedirect.com By mail and by internet, this company is approving $75,000 without a credit card * Pre-approval is based on public record information. All application subject to final credit review. Very active in promotion with very clean, positive web pages. Worth a trip. Their web site features a changing picture from a young man to a beautiful black lady from " no sales pressure" and " take your time" "lease at your convenience" and Welcome to Secure Direct, Low cost equipment leasing, Direct from the funding source. What does "direct from the source" mean for you? No sales commissions, broker mark-ups, or referral fees built into your payment No sales pressure No hidden fees A single point of contact Fully automated, high-speed turnaround Here is a story about the company that appeared in the Los Angeles Business Journal, April 2: http://www.securedirect.com/about/labj.html P.S. If you don't think this is going to effect ( affect ) your business, you are wrong. You may not feel it today, but it will come up and snap you in the butt when you least expect it. It may not be until next month or January,2001... Read Business @ the Speed of Thought : Using a Digital Nervous System by Bill Gates, Collins Hemingway http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446525685/o/qid=956166234/sr=2-1/002-8128727-6218602