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Exhibit (a)(1)(W)
[LOGO OF PCORDER.COM(R)]
5001 PLAZA ON THE LAKE
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78746
(512) 684-1100
November 13, 2000
To Purchasers Under The pcOrder Employee Stock Purchase Plan:
Since our November 6, 2000 letter to you, we have now conferred with eTrade
and determined the procedure for you to tender the shares of pcOrder Class A
common stock you purchased under pcOrder's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Those
shares have been issued in the name of eTrade and are being held on your behalf
in your eTrade account. If you decide to tender those shares to Trilogy
Software and receive the $6.375 per share, net to the seller in cash, that
Trilogy is offering to our stockholders in the tender offer, please complete
and sign the enclosed letter addressed "To Our Clients" and return that letter
to eTrade at the following address:
eTrade Securities, Inc.
10951 White Rock Road
Rancho Cordova, California 95670
You may have already received an identical "To Our Clients" letter directly
from eTrade. If you have already tendered your shares pursuant to that letter,
please disregard this letter. If you subsequently receive that letter and have
tendered your shares by means of the enclosed letter, you may disregard the
subsequent letter.
Before you make any decisions about tendering your shares, we again urge you
to carefully read the tender offers materials that accompanied our November 6,
2000 letter to you. If you should have any questions concerning the procedures
for tendering the pcOrder shares held in your eTrade account, please contact
Neeisha Brown at eTrade (916-858-5000, ext. 3790) or Rick Friedman.
pcOrder.com., Inc.
