Opinion ID: 2656159
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Demand for VP-Max Software

Text: When Combs started at ADCS in late 1995, he was tasked with selling document-scanning software (VP-Max) to the DoD. ADCS hoped to sell more copies of the software. However, after an initial software purchase, the DoD declined to purchase any more copies of VP-Max. Combs testified that Wilkes sent him to “creat[e] a demand amongst the military to buy the software” but that he did not discover much demand for the product and was unable to generate any additional sales. Combs further testified that Wilkes showed him a letter—written by Wilkes and signed by Cunningham—aimed at pressuring the DoD to purchase more VP-Max software. After Cunningham’s involvement, the DoD purchased more software. At the evidentiary hearing conducted by the district court for the purpose of ascertaining the contents of Williams’s potential testimony, Williams testified he was “familiar” with VP-Max, that he thought it was a worthwhile product, and that “there seemed to be” demand for the product. These general impressions about VP-Max’s merits do not directly contradict Combs’s testimony about his specific experiences selling VP-Max—both statements can simultaneously be true.