As we all know, committment to the Japanese market is key. We were told that currently there are about 100 users, with about half from the developing Association, and this seems fairly good to me, especially if these are actually sales. One very interesting aspect of this project is the follow-up, Beta project. It will have some of the same worldview, but will attempt to build two-phase flow software. When I first wrote about Alpha I commented that it had to be judged on its long range approach.
Beta appears to be a reconfirmation of that opinion.
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