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Petitioner wife attended a seminar with about 30 people held
at ITC around August 1983. Petitioner attended a seminar at ITC
a couple of weeks later which was attended by 10 or 15 people.
Petitioners later met one-on-one with Dollar and received Century
promotional materials. Petitioners believed that Century's
promotional materials looked very professional, that Dollar made
credible presentations, and that Century was founded by well-
known people with appropriate expertise. Petitioners did not
investigate Century's founders. The Century program was marketed
as a "tax advantaged equipment lease".
Petitioner wife saw Century accounting software demonstrated
at Dollar's office. Petitioner was out of town at that time and
did not see it demonstrated. Petitioners did not have their own
copy of the software. Petitioners believed there was a good
marketing plan for the accounting software.
Petitioners saw literature from Century that stated, and
they believed, that home use of computers and software would grow
tremendously in the coming years.
Petitioner's accounting program was in a cassette format.
Petitioner believed that a cassette format was suitable for home
and small business use, but that it would not be adequate for a
business the size of SDSI, which used a hard disk format.
On November 2, 1983, petitioners leased an interest in
accounting software entitled "Accounting Control System; Accounts
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