After sitting down on a stool (ala a fireside chat), Papows spoke on the difficulty of making the decision to leave Lotus on February 1st. He's is convinced that now is a time that he can move onto a new challege with the minimal interruption to the critical business. He's leaving because he would like to lead an indepedent organization. He referred to Al Zollar as his "chosen succesor" and then introduced Al Zollar (who was sitting in the audience). Any input from Al? Nope -- Al just stood up and waved