From: alexvk@leland.Stanford.EDU (Alexander Kozlov)
Subject: Make your soft in MOCKBA (Moscow,Russia)! 
Followup-To: vaganov@avintech.msk.su 
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 23:31:09 GMT

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                          From:   Vaganov Egor
                                  Cheif of Software Group "Avintech"
                                  Russia, Moscow, 117415, Udalcova 10-157
                                  Tel. (095)131-6286, Fax.(095)166-4477
                                  e-mail: vaganov@avintech.msk.su

        Our small  computer  group    has  the  experience  of  fulfilling
        software package orders  with  e-mail  being  the  only  means  of
        communication with customers. And we stand ready to see to it that
        your application  software  orders  are  carried  out  by  Russian
        programmers.

        THE MAIN DIRECTION

        It is  possible  to  use  our  contacts  with  MGU  (Moscow  State
        University) and other scientific research institutions  to  select
        personnel (high qualified scientists and  computer  engineers)  to
        create special working groups and to carry out various  researches
        in any field  of  activities.  Our  aim  is  the  search  for  new
        algorithms and using them into software. In  spite  of  commercial
        projects where programming demands certain standards and permanent
        control, the programming of concrete technical tasks can  be  done
        using only e-mail communication. That would be the most  effective
        way  to  communicate  and  to  cooperate.  Also  we  can  use   US
        registrated company wich represents our interests in US.

        I hope your time for this text reading will not be lost in vain.

        I am sure that Russian programmers can find their own niche on the
        world market of software products without harming the interests of
        their Western counterparts. As a  rule,  scientific  laboratories,
        universities, factories, and medical  institutions  need  specific
        programs with limited amount of copies . Their  software  packages
        present a twofold challenge to the programmers: either to solve  a
        particular technical problem or work out a specific algorithm  for
        a limited range of tasks.  Fulfilling  such  special  orders  also
        implies continuous  feedback  from  the  customer  and  a  certain
        flexibility, providing for  example,  the  possibility  of  trying
        variations which were not stipulated  in  the  original  technical
        order.

        Forging ties between Russian and Western innovators looks  like  a
        way out of the deadlock. Using electronic mail, for  example,  the
        two sides could gradually come together, carefully assessing  both
        the risks and the advantages at each  stage.  If  everything  goes
        well such collaboration  could  result  in  a  viable  co-product.
        According to one of our American partners, the funds available  to
        research  teams  in  the  West,  particularly  in  the  field   of
        applications, are quite sufficient for secure  financing  of  high
        risk research in Moscow. If successful such  software  package  or
        other product would undoubtedly yield maximum profit provided that
        the interests of the authors are represented by a Western company.

        To conclude I would like to give the contents of a letter  we  got
        recently from one of our clients at the University  of  California
        in San Francisco:
        "My assumption is that your rate of pay would enable us to stay in
        our position of providing software that any scientist can afford,
        while being sufficient for your needs under your current economy."

        We usually offer our customers to carry out a small order free  of
        charge to let them test Moscow programmers in action.

        References are available on request.

        Egor Vaganov (vaganov@avintech.msk.su)

        <Translated with help from National Agency of Programmers SOFTEX Ltd>