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JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
This will confirm the agreement by and among all the undersigned that
the Schedule 13D filed on or about this date and any amendments thereto with
respect to beneficial ownership by the undersigned of shares of common stock,
par value $0.001 per share of Health Systems Design Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, is being filed on behalf of each of the undersigned in accordance
with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This agreement
may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
October 26, 2000
RICHARD C. AUGER
By: /s/ RICHARD C. AUGER
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Name: Richard C. Auger
J. MATTHEW MACKOWSKI
By: /s/ J. Matthew Mackowski
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Name: J. Matthew Mackowski
CATHERINE C. ROTH
By: /s/ Catherine C. Roth
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Name: Catherine C. Roth
