And Ron Drake, managing director of Cincom UK since Terry Booth departed to Systems Center with NetMaster, believes that the loss of NetMaster will be less pronounced than expected; he originally estimated a 15% drop in revenue, but now believes that this year’s turnover will be broadly similar to 1989; he says that core business combined with services and increas-ing body shopping activities are compensating for the loss of NetMaster; in the US the sitation is very similar, and Drake says they didn’t sell NetMaster very well anyway; he believes that Tom Nies’ decision not to float the company is a wise one since Cincom isn’t subject to Wall Street pressure,unlike Oracle and Systems Center.