Company Interview Excerpt FRANK HAUSMANN - CENTERSPAN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (CSCC) Full article published: 2/19/2001     For Subscribers Get this article online now! Order just this article Get Financial Filings and Annual Reports for Companies featured on TWST from EasyReports.net TWST: Could you give us a brief overview of CenterSpan Communications Corporation? Mr. Hausmann: CenterSpan Communications Corporation was formerly ThrustMaster. ThrustMaster was a leader in high-end flight simulation game controllers for the desktop PC. In 1999 we sold the ThrustMaster legacy business and renamed the company in its new and current incarnation, CenterSpan Communications, and we embarked on launching peer-to-peer communication collaboration software. TWST: Is that on the market now, or are you still in the process of putting the finishing touches on the product? Mr. Hausmann: Our first solution, Socket, is currently on the market, and we are going to launch this quarter in beta format our new C-Star platform, which is the new Scour Exchange. In December of last year, last month, we acquired Scour out of bankruptcy, and we now have access to approximately 5 million registered Scour Exchange users, and when the new Scour Exchange is re-launched this quarter on the new C-Star platform, it will be a secure and legal digital distribution channel. Tickers included in this excerpt: CSCC Have TWST notes emailed to you free: Email address: For more information call (212) 952 7400. The Wall Street Transcript does not endorse any of the comments made by interviewees, and does not make stock recommendations.

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