40 Persimmon Lane
					Wildwood, Missouri
					63025

					November 6, 2000

To Those Concerned:

This letter regards Dave Sherohman and my experiences working with
him. Dave and I have worked together in the Software Development group
at Bridgecom.com, Inc. for the last year. For part of that year, I was
manager of software development at Bridgecom.

During the year that Dave and I have worked together, we have collaborated
on several projects. For example, we developed a UDP-based application
level protocol for communicating between an Apache web server and a
Windows NT text-to-speech server. We also developed a system based on
Perl scripts and Procmail which integrates e-mail into Bridgecom's unified
messaging platform, with Dave taking the lead on most of that development.

Dave's primary responsibility at Bridgecom is one that we did not
collaborate on, however.  He was the sole author of extension modules
for an Apache server running under Windows NT.  These modules provide
database access to Bridgecom's web site and to the Windows client programs
Bridgecom is developing. These Apache modules are one of the fundamental
elements in Bridgecom's current unified messaging platform.

In addition to this project work, Dave also took an active role in helping
to organize Bridgecom's development group and introduced the use of CVS
at Bridgecom.

During the time Dave and I have worked together, I have formed a good
opinion of his abilities.  In my view, his strengths are:

a. a quick grasp of, and a logical approach to, complex technical
   issues,
b. a good understanding of the protocols used in TCP/IP networks,
c. a good understanding of software design and method-based coding
   practices,
and
d. good communication skills.

In addition, Dave has impressed me with his knowledge of, and experience
with, Linux and other Unix-based operating systems. Given his background
with both Unix-based systems and with Microsoft's Windows systems,
I think you will find Dave's background is unusually broad.

To close, I would recommend Dave as a valuable employee. Please feel
free to send me a message at jhcrain@primary.net if you have questions
about Dave or about the work he has done at Bridgecom.com.

Sincerely Yours,


James Crain