Hello,

My name is Marko Becker, I am with abas-USA. We are the American representative for abas AG, Europe's leading Linux based ERP package for the middle market. Since 1980, over 1400 of Europe's leading manufacturing and distribution companies have chosen abas to support their companies growth.

We have been utilizing Linux as our primary OS since 1996 and currently have over 1000 firms worldwide using abas to optimize their businesses. In our newest release we also offer the capability to use Linux clients and offer an integration to OpenOffice, thus allowing a complete Linux solution to manufacturers and distributors.

We are hoping that you can help us get our message out that Linux is the future for enterprise computing and pass our story on to anyone who may be interested.

Based in Herndon, VA, we offer the finest in mid market design, development and engineering. We have consistently

been ranked as best in class by ERP users, repeatedly beating out competitors like Navision, IFS, SAP and Baan in overall customer satisfaction. Moreover, studies have shown that abas takes a third less time to implement than average ERP packages. With full ERP functionality, multi-language and multi currency capabilities, an easy to use interface and intuitive architecture, our customers have all been strong supporters of our Linux based package.

We look forward to hearing from you