Message-ID: <19715894.1075840089363.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 05:27:00 -0800 (PST) From: speterson@seade.com To: jeff_skilling@enron.com Subject: Defying Convential Wisdom - Advisory Board Offer Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "Scott Peterson" X-To: X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Jeffrey_Skilling_Dec2000\Notes Folders\Discussion threads X-Origin: SKILLING-J X-FileName: jskillin.nsf Jeff: ? I was intrigued by your interview in the 10/30/00 issue of InternetWeek=20 Onlineas we seem to share the desire to transform the system.? Despite Enro= n=01, s better business model, robust software infrastructure is as critical to= =20 Enron=01,s success as for any other Fortune 1000 company.? Should you agree= with=20 our mission to deliver that infastructure, we would be most honored to have= =20 you join our Advisory Board (includes stock option compensation). ? SEADE Software is developing a new category of software we call an=20 Application Deployment Engine (ADE).? I stress that this is a new category = of=20 software.? The ADE shares some of the features of several existing=20 categories), but no existing product, or combination of products, has=20 thepotential of having such a profound, disruptive affect on the process of= =20 developing complex, enterprise-scale eBusiness software.? The ADE enables= =20 rapid deployment of feature-rich, secure, scaleable, open-platform,=20 best-of-breed eBusiness software in =01&Internet Time=018.? In addition, it= =20 provides for better and more cost effective life cycle management and=20 integration of that software.? Note that the SEADE team has previously buil= t=20 the ADE three times as the framework for specific vertical applications.?= =20 ? While this is a new category of commercial software, it=01,s not a particul= arly=20 new idea.? What we are doing has in fact always been the way the academic= =20 world has said complex software systems should be written.? The evolution= =20 from structured languages, to object orientation has been a continual effor= t=20 to find a means to leverage the effort and resources used to deploy past=20 applications for the deployment of the next application.? Most enterprise= =20 software shares between 60-90% of its core foundation and features with all= =20 other software.? We call these common horizontal components the =01&Common= =20 Horizontal Framework=018,of a custom application.? The vertical components = are=20 the parts that make the software valuable enough to risk the resources to= =20 develop and deploy mission critical applications.=20 ? SEADE Software=01,s core competency is the delivery of the horizontal compo= nents=20 that make up the majority of all business applications.? We deliver this in= a=20 highly customizable, component-based, platform-independent, fully=20 internationalized, pre-fabricated software application we call an ADE.? The= =20 ADE enables fast-tracked development of new integrated eBusiness applicatio= ns=20 and provides a common reference for legacy Enterprise application integrati= on=20 (many-to-many EAI).? We empower the Fortune 1000 to maximize their core=20 competency by leveraging ours. ? I=01,ve attached for your review our Executive Summary, Business Case Slide= show=20 pitch, and Advisory Board bios.? Please let me know if you find our offer o= f=20 interest.? Thank you for your consideration. ? ? Best regards, Scott Scott Peterson SEADE Software, Inc. 512.266.3234 512.695.1246 cell speterson@seade.com - SEADE Executive Summary Rev 18.pdf - SEADE Advisory Board Rev 2.pdf - SEADE Executive Summary Rev 18.pdf