Justice Department likely to expand investigation Microsoft-Intuit 
Continuing its close antitrust examination of Microsoft Corp., the Justice
Department is likely to expand its investigation of the company's $1.5 billion
buyout of Intuit Inc., a move that could delay the deal or force a change in
terms. 
People familiar with the situation say the department's antitrust lawyers are
prepared to extend their initial review of the deal to a more comprehensive
''second request'' for information. That would effectively block completion of
the merger pending further examination and possible negotiations over changes
in how it is structured. 
Justice Department officials declined to comment. A Microsoft spokeswoman said,
''I am sure in the end they will find no reason why this merger can't go
ahead.'' 
Microsoft sent shock waves through the software and financial services 
industries Oct. 13 when it disclosed that it would pay $1.5 billion in stock
for Menlo Park, Calif.-based Intuit, whose Quicken program dominates the
market for personal finance software. 
Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft hopes to turn Quicken, which computerizes tasks
such as paying bills and keeping a budget, into a platform for a range of
services like home banking and on-line stock trading. At the same time, the
company said it would sell its own personal finance program, Microsoft Money,
to Novell Inc. to avoid antitrust objections. 
But that move apparently did not satisfy the Justice Department, which in July
wrapped up a lengthy antitrust investigation of Microsoft with a deal that
curbed some of the company's practices. 
On Oct. 21, Microsoft filed documents with the Justice Department under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, giving investigators 30 days to either approve the
merger or expand their probe. Although department lawyers could change tactics
before the Nov. 21 deadline, people familiar with the situation say that an
expanded investigation is likely at this point. 
They say that in the second request _ which is also disclosed in the Nov. 7
issue of Interactive Week, a trade publication _ key issues could include
Microsoft's potential ability to leverage its domination of operating systems
for personal computers into an unfair advantage in the financial services
market. For example, the Justice Department might seek to limit Microsoft's
ability to build into its Windows operating system functions related to
on-line financial services. 
Industry analysts note that Microsoft has designed a growing number of 
previously separate functions into its Windows operating system. Windows 95,
the latest version of Windows due out next year, will include electronic mail
and networking features that were previously separate products. 
Steve Sunshine, deputy assistant attorney general at the Justice Department's
antitrust division, declined to comment specifically on the Microsoft-Intuit
investigation. But he said that under a second request for information,
''companies need to comply with that, which means they can't close their
deal.'' 
Steve Newborn, a prominent antitrust lawyer and a partner at the Washington
law firm Rogers & Wells, said that of thousands of mergers reviewed by Justice
each year, second requests are issued in only about two percent of the cases.
''There are several serious antitrust issues that arise from this acquisition,
'' said Newborn. ''A second request is very likely.'' 
In preparation for an investigation that could take months to resolve, the
Justice Department has requested information from Microsoft competitors,
including Borland International and Sun Microsystems, and has solicited input
from the Pentagon on the potential effect on competition that the
Microsoft-Intuit merger would have. 
The Pentagon's Defense Information Systems Agency is expected to bolster the
Justice Department's efforts when it announces this month its backing for the
creation of a public standard for Windows that would free organizations from
Microsoft-imposed technology shifts. 
A week following the merger announcement, Novell attorneys flew to Washington
for an all-day session with antitrust investigators, apparently to discuss
that company's plans for the Microsoft Money product. 
During its previous antitrust investigation of Microsoft, the Justice 
Department had been urged by software vendors to require Microsoft to provide
them with equal access to the technical information about its operating
systems that it gives its own application software developers. They complained
that Microsoft was leveraging its 90 percent market share of operating systems,
which control the basic functions of a computer, for an advantage in the
market for applications such as word processors and spreadsheets. 

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IBM, Apple To Unveil Pact    On Sole PowerPC Platform
  NEW YORK -- International Business Machines Corp. and Apple Computer Inc.
 plan to announce Monday that they have agreed to design a common hardware
 platform for their PowerPC chip.
  The agreement stops short of earlier hopes by some industry experts that
 IBM would also license Apple's operating system. Industry executives, who
 believe that such a move would significantly advance the PowerPC's chances
 of success, said they believe such talks are continuing.
  A single standard for making PowerPC computers could reduce manufacturing
 expenses and encourage more companies to build the PowerPC. Apple and IBM
 formed an alliance, that also included Motorola Corp., three years ago. But
 until now they had failed to resolve technical differences between Apple's
 Macintosh PCs and IBM's PC design.
  (END) DOW JONES NEWS 11-04-94
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Apple Computer Unveils Mac   With New PowerPC Chip

  From The Wall Street Journal
  Apple Computer Inc. unveiled its fastest Macintosh computer yet, based on a
 new version of the PowerPC microprocessor chip.
  The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker said the Power Macintosh
 8100/110 will be available in volume in December at a price of $6,379, for a
 system that includes 16 million bytes of memory and a hard drive that can
 store two billion bytes.
  Apple's system is powered by a PowerPC chip operating at a speed of 110
 megahertz, compared with 100 megahertz for earlier models. Apple believes it
 is the fastest PC on the market, based on comparisons with systems using
 Intel Corp.'s Pentium microprocessor.
  The company also said it expects later this month to ship a $659 circuit
 board that adds a PowerPC microprocessor to earlier Macintosh systems that
 use a chip from Motorola Inc.

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Mitsubishi Electric To       Introduce Multimedia Devices
  TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Electric Corp. plans to unveil prototypes of two new
 consumer multimedia devices early next year, a company official said.
  The huge integrated maker of power equipment, semiconductors and consumer
 electronics plans to introduce a prototype "personal digital assistant" -- a
 handheld computer that combines electronic notetaking, faxing and
 electronic-mail capability, and a personal organizer -- at a cellular-phone
 trade show early next year, the official said.
  Mitsubishi Electric's new personal digital assistant will be distinct from
 the Simon, a cellular phone combined with an electronic organizer and faxing
 capability, the official said. Mitsubishi Electric assembles the Simon,
 which was designed by International Business Machines Corp., for BellSouth
 Corp., one of the regional Bell companies.
  Mitsubishi Electric also plans to demonstrate a prototype "set-top box,"
 essentially an advanced version of current cable-television control boxes
 that would allow users to interact with advanced cable services, at a
 cable-industry trade show in March, the official said.
  The official said that Mitsubishi Electric is working with other companies
 to develop both products, but declined to name any of its partners. "This
 will be a great experiment," the official said. "One company alone cannot do
 it."

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Paul Allen Buys Stake        In C/Net Start-Up
  SAN FRANCISCO -- Investor Paul Allen is bankrolling a start-up here that is
 developing a TV programming service about computers and technology -- a new
 field that is already looking crowded.
  Mr. Allen, a billionaire co-founder and director of Microsoft Corp., said
 he has taken a "significant" stake in C/Net: The Computer Network and will
 control two of five seats on the closely held company's board. The amount of
 his investment was not disclosed. Knowledgeable executives estimated that
 C/Net would need up to $60 million to launch its channel.
  By lining up with C/Net, Mr. Allen will be indirectly competing with
 Microsoft, which is teaming up with Tele-Communications Inc. on a similar
 channel expected to debut next year. Jones Intercable Inc., a large cable
 operator, already claims 1.2 million viewers on a computer channel that it
 launched in September.
  Though appealing to a seemingly narrow audience, programming about
 technology has the potential to siphon off advertising dollars that now
 flood into specialized magazines, noted Bill Marchette, an analyst with Paul
 Kagan Associates, a market research firm in Carmel, Calif.
  The three contenders, however, will have problems reaching a broad audience
 until cable operators upgrade their systems to add more channel capacity, a
 process that could take several years.
  "If you don't have distribution, you are a tree falling in the forest with
 no one to hear you," said Bernie Luskin, chief executive office of Jones's
 interactive services unit. His company was able to begin exploring the
 business by offering four hours of daily programming on Mind Extension
 University, a Jones-owned channel that reaches about 26 million homes.
  Halsey Minor, C/Net's chief executive officer, said his company will enter
 the market by distributing a program called "C/Net Central" in the first
 half of 1995 on an existing cable channel that he wouldn't identify. The
 company will start an independent channel later as capacity becomes
 available, he said.
  C/Net is developing on-line services that will complement fast-paced
 programming about technology. For example, viewers might use personal
 computers to call up additional information about products they have just
 seen, or retrieve new software electronically, Mr. Minor said.
  In addition to Mr. Minor, a 29-year-old former investment banker, C/Net's
 key executives include President Kevin Wendle, a former Fox Broadcasting Co.
 producer that helped develop The Simpsons and Beverly Hills 90210. Both men
 hope to develop programming that is more fastpaced than Jones and that will
 have a more independent perspective than the Microsoft-TCI venture (which he
 expects will have trouble attracting ads from the software maker's
 competitors.)
  Mr. Allen wasn't available for comment. But a spokeswoman for Vulcan
 Ventures, his Seattle-based investment company, said he selected C/Net after
 an extensive search for innovative programming.
  Under a strategy he calls "Wired World," Mr. Allen has started, or invested
 in, at least 21 companies, many of them associated with electronic
 information or software that could be distributed over computer networks.
  Besides high-profile investments such as the Portland Trailblazers
 basketball team, Mr. Allen's portfolio includes stakes in ARI Network
 Services, a Milwaukee company pursuing electronic commerce; Destineer Corp.,
 a Jackson, Miss., company that developed a wireless data network; and Lone
 Wolf Corp., a Seattle maker of multimedia networking products.

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Helicopter Whirls Into       Computer Age With The Comanche
  STRATFORD, Conn. -- Emerging from the cockpit of the world's most advanced
 helicopter, the U.S. Army test pilot gives a thumbs-up on the day's trials.
  There are no rotary blades, no landing wheels, no windows. No helicopter.
 Appropriately, the first helicopter operated and maneuvered by computer is
 being tested in "virtual reality."
  "I think the objectives were achieved, " Chief Warrant Officer John Ambrust
 tells Sikorsky's engineers and other aviation experts who had been watching
 him on a series of television monitors in a lab that looks like a
 scaled-down space-shuttle mission room. But the big question for Sikorsky is
 whether the satisfaction runs deep enough to form a commitment of as much as
 $30 billion.
  Mr. Ambrust represents the customer that will eventually decide whether to
 spend billions of dollars to buy the aircraft. He and other pilots are
 subjecting the helicopter, called the Comanche, to months of tests and
 evaluation. The Sikorsky unit of United Technologies Corp. is developing the
 Comanche in partnership with Boeing Co., at a cost of $2 billion. If the
 U.S. Army eventually accepts the aircraft, it would be deployed in 2003.
  The high cost of the project, however, has placed it among the 10 military
 programs that the Pentagon is currently considering terminating. But a
 Sikorsky spokesman said yesterday that the helicopter already has its 1995
 funding of $495 million. "I wouldn't count Comanche out yet," he said.
  The Comanche will be a radically different helicopter from today's
 choppers. It will be the first helicopter that will be able to fly entirely
 on electronic commands; today's helicopters have to be operated by manual
 switches and levers. It will also be the first helicopter to be able to
 avoid being detected by radar or a heat-seeking missile. Stealth will be one
 of its hallmarks: It will emerge from a hideout, from behind a tree, for
 instance, and scan the horizon with its radar and infrared cameras and duck
 back in 10 seconds and relay the information to another aircraft or pop back
 up and fire on its targets.
  "This helicopter will blow the doors out of what's out there," says John
 Boatman, helicopter analyst with Jane's Defense Weekly.
  How it will elude the radar is evident on a visit to Sikorsky's Bridgeport,
 Conn., facility, where technicians are completing two fuselages of the
 aircraft made entirely with graphite composites. As many as 960 plies of the
 material, overlapped in directions determined by computer for maximum
 strength, are fused together under tremendous pressure.
  But what gives the structure radar-foiling ability is the contour of the
 surface, which at first glance looks like the surface of a crumpled-up
 paper. Actually the slopes of these pyramid-like protrusions are carefully
 angled by the computer to scatter any radar beam that hits the surface,
 making it difficult for the radar to identify the aircraft, says an
 engineer.
  The exhaust fume in the Comanche is first mixed with outside air sucked in
 through ducts, and then the diluted exhaust is dissipated through
 well-insulated ducts, in the underbelly of the fuselage. By the time the
 exhaust fume finally emerges, its temperature is cut by half from what it
 was at the point of origin.
  If the Comanche is the first helicopter capable of flying entirely on
 electronic commands, it's because the technology has matured only in the
 1980s, way after the current military helicopters, the Black Hawk and the
 Apache, were developed in the 1970s.
  But incorporating electronics in an aircraft that keeps itself aloft by
 beating the air, as opposed to gliding as a fixed-wing aircraft does, has
 posed a number of challenges to Comanche engineers. James Morris, director
 of the Comanche program, says the biggest challenge has been writing
 "flight-control laws," the software programs that direct and control
 movements of the aircraft. He explains that while in fixed-wing aircraft the
 wings don't change their relative angles, the rotary blades of a helicopter
 in flight are constantly changing angles to maintain lift and balance.
  Because the helicopter is so software-dependent, the simulator in which the
 Comanche is being tested is a relief to the team, especially to Mr. Ambrust,
 because it minimizes the risk of encountering serious errors in actual test
 flights. This day the crew-cut Mr. Ambrust, clad in a green flight suit, has
 just gone through one of the first tests: preflight checks and engine
 start-up and shutdown, all by simply punching keys and touching command
 squares on computer screens, instead of fiddling with levers and switches.
  The laboratory cockpit simulates every feature of the aircraft, including
 the vibrations and sounds of the rotating blades. And in the coming months
 when Mr. Ambrust and other Army pilots take to the "air" in the Comanche,
 they will "fly" by sitting inside the spherical simulator and "experience"
 different surroundings, including battle scenes that would call for complex
 tactical maneuvers. The software programs for the computerized controls will
 be tested over the next months. And it's clear from the present three-hour
 session between Mr. Ambrust, the pilot, and the Sikorsky team, the tests
 will be tedious.
  Mr. Ambrust's fingers have tripped across the monitor screens, touching
 icons to call up data displays that give the status of various systems. "I
 do like the notion that if it isn't displayed the system isn't on," says Mr.
 Ambrust. This contrasts with the conventional cockpit, which displays the
 status of every system whether it is on or off, forcing the pilot to decide
 which dial is meaningful every time he looks across the panel.
  But Mr. Ambrust also makes some suggestions for changes, and the engineers,
 anxious to please him, take detailed notes and check off boxes in their
 heavy binders. Mr. Ambrust tells the Sikorsky people that he doesn't like
 the extra step it took to set the altitude warning. He says he also doesn't
 like the fact that when the co-pilot's maneuvers with the side-arm control
 lever conflicted with his own, the alarm sounded like "crickets."
  "It should be more obtrusive," he says. Also, the alarm stayed on for four
 seconds, which, he says, "is a long time in the cockpit."
  Lorren "Rus" Stiles, Sikorsky's chief Comanche pilot, who's also an
 engineer, listens attentively. He says the side-arm issue would require "a
 minor change" in the software, but also management approval of the
 additional cost the team would incur. He suggests that Mr. Ambrust "sleep
 on" the problem. "Personally I'm in favor of the change," he confides in Mr.
 Ambrust.

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Apple Plans Infomercial      In Battle For Home-PC Market
  Meet the Martinettis, a close-knit, wisecracking, three-generation family
 right out of central casting. They are the latest weapons in the fierce
 market-share battle among personal-computer makers.
  Apple Computer is scheduled to test a half-hour infomercial starring the
 fictional family this weekend in Boston and San Francisco to promote its
 series of lower-cost Macintosh machines called Performa. The infomercial is
 expected to be shown nationally on cable and broadcast-network affiliates
 beginning Thanksgiving weekend.
  Apple and infomercial-industry executives say they believe it is the first
 time a computer company has used an infomercial. But other major companies
 and brands, such as Sears Roebuck, Braun and Magnavox, a Philips Electronics
 line, have recently produced half-hour infomercials. And, industry officials
 say, Toyota is in production with an infomercial scheduled to be aired by
 the end of the year or in the first quarter of 1995.
  The stigma connected with infomercials has disappeared, and they are no
 longer associated with schlock products. Further, the inclusion of such a
 big-ticket item as a computer produced by such a respected company as Apple
 will further enhance the format, industry officials say.
  Apple's infomercial comes as four major advertisers yesterday said they
 would participate in a new 24-hour cable channel that would air nothing but
 so-called informational programming. The advertisers are Ford Motor,
 Schering-Plough, State Farm Insurance and Fidelity Investments. The channel
 is called Consumer Resource Network and will begin airing Dec. 1 in three
 test markets, Colorado Springs, Colo., Fairfax, Va., and a third yet to be
 named, reaching a total of about 400,000 cable households.
  The channel will include shows ranging from safety features on automobiles
 to coping with allergies. Toll-free numbers will invite viewers to request
 further information about the companies, programs and products.
  Apple executives say they decided on an infomercial in an attempt to entice
 families into purchasing their first personal computer. The computer
 industry estimates that 27% to 32% of households own personal computers.
 "There is a lot of fear in the marketplace," says Kevin McDonald, marketing
 manager at Apple in Cupertino, Calif. "People don't know enough, they're
 afraid a computer will soon become obsolete, and they're afraid that once
 they buy a PC they won't use it enough."
  That's where the Martinettis come in. They are supposed to represent
 Everyman.
  While visiting a computer store, the entire family gets excited -- even
 Grandpa, a hip, heavy-set fellow who loves opera. The only skeptic is Pop.
 They decide to buy a Performa, and Pop assigns a point system and decides
 the family must score 100 points within a month to keep the computer. Each
 time the PC is used, the family earns a number of points, depending on what
 task is performed.

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Apple Computer, IBM to Brief Analysts on Plans at Las Vegas Expo   
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Nov. 4--Apple Computer Inc. and IBM have chosen the opening
day of the giant Comdex trade show to make public a deal that has hardly been
a secret for weeks: The two companies will collaborate on designing a single
computer that can run software from either firm. 
The companies will brief analysts on the plan next week but won't make the
plan public until Nov. 14 in Las Vegas, where 200,000 people are expected to
gather at the largest annual computer industry event. 
Missing from the agreement, however, is a license for IBM to equip its 
versions of the computer with the Macintosh operating system. That is key to 
permitting Macintosh "clones" on the market, a step most observers feel Apple
should have taken years ago to increase its market share and attract 
programmers to write new software for the system. 
But analysts said such a license isn't crucial to the deal right now. They
said it will probably take Apple engineers, who will perform the actual design
work, at least two years to finish the computer. 
Neither company will confirm any details of the arrangement, except to say
they are talking to each other about creating the design. 
But people familiar with the negotiations have said IBM probably will agree to
pay most of the costs of developing the computer, which would use as its
"brain" the PowerPC chip designed by IBM, Apple and Motorola Inc. It would be
able to run, without modification, programs written for Apple's Macintosh
computers or IBM's OS/2 operating system. 
The computer could give the two companies a weapon to turn against the 
dominant personal computer design in the marketplace, built around Intel- 
style microprocessors and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. Those 
computers, first popularized by International Business Machines Corp. more 
than a decade ago, account for more than 80 percent of the personal computer 
market today. 
Apple's Macintosh accounts for most of the rest, but analysts say the company
has never garnered a larger share of the market because it is the sole source
of the Macintosh. The IBM-style machine, however, was widely "cloned,"
resulting in price and supplier competition that wooed far more buyers. 
IBM was reportedly reluctant to agree to sign a Macintosh software license now
because it is trying to persuade customers to adopt its OS/2 operating system
and doesn't want to appear to undercut its support for the system. 
"They're so paranoid they'd be diluting the message," said Tim Bajarin of
Creative Strategies in Santa Clara. 
Separately, Apple announced its most powerful Macintosh personal computer ever
Thursday. The latest addition to the company's flagship Power Macintosh line
uses the fastest PowerPC microprocessor in production, with a "clock speed" of
110 megahertz. Apple said the $6,400 computer, available in limited number for
the moment, will appeal mostly to those using it for complex desktop
publishing chores. 
Also Thursday, Apple declared a 12-cent per share dividend for the fourth 
quarter of fiscal 1994, payable Dec. 16 to shareholders of record as of Nov. 

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ACCLAIM HITS HOLIDAYS WITH  'STARGATE' VIDEO GAME; Sci-Fi Movie Hit
More Than $16 Million in Opening Weekend; Multi-Faceted Acclaim Marketing
Campaign to Drive Game Sales
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.  -November 4, 1994--"Stargate," the
recently released MGM hit sci-fi movie that achieved $16.5 million in opening
weekend box office revenues, is hitting home for the holidays as an
action-packed Acclaim Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKLM) video game.  Based on
the film epic starring Kurt Russell, James Spader and Jaye Davidson, Acclaim's
video game will be supported by a multi-faceted, 
far-reaching marketing campaign that includes an on-line CompuServe promotion,
sweepstakes and cross-promotions with Hasbro and Collect-A-Card. 
"In its opening weekend Stargate achieved top box office revenues, a testimony
to its exciting storyline and phenomenal special effects," said Sam Goldberg,
vice president of Marketing. "By building upon the strengths of our
high-profile promotional programs, we believe our Stargate game will be one of
the most sought after by video game shoppers this holiday season." 
Fueling the launch of Acclaim's new StarGate title for Game Boy this holiday
season is an innovative CompuServe/MGM promotion which runs through November
13 and offers nearly two million on-line subscribers an opportunity to preview
the game on-line, enter a special Stargate video game sweepstakes and win a
copy of the game. In addition, Acclaim StarGate video game designers will
participate in a "live"  on-line interview to discuss how the title was made
and offer hints and tips for additional Acclaim video game releases. 
Additionally, Hasbro Stargate action figures will promote Acclaim's video
games on-pack, while video game screen shots and tips will be included with
Collect-A-Card Stargate movie trading cards.  Sweepstakes in Nintendo Power,
Starlog, Electronic Gaming Monthly and Cinescape magazines are also in place
to promote the video game.  TV promo I.D.s and print ads also support the
product. 
Acclaim Entertainment, Inc., with offices in Canada, France, Germany, Japan,
Spain and the United Kingdom, is a leading worldwide entertainment publisher
of software and peripherals for Nintendo(R) and Sega(TM) hardware systems,
personal computer and CD-ROM software, coin-operated arcade games, and comic
books under the Valiant imprint. Acclaim also operates a motion capture studio
and A.D.I., a global sales and distribution company for products from a
variety of entertainment publishers, including Acclaim, Digital Pictures and
Marvel Software. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ National Market
System under the symbol AKLM. 

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Apple Confirms News Briefing With IBM, Motorola For Monday
  CUPERTINO, Calif.  Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) confirmed today that
 executives from Apple, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and
 Motorola Inc. (MOT) will host a news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EST Monday
 regarding PowerPC developments. 
  As reported in today's Wall Street Journal, the companies are expected to
 announce an agreement to design a common hardware platform for the PowerPC
 chip. 

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Microsoft To Put MapInfo Software In Office, Excel >MSFT
  NEW YORK  Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will put MapInfo Corp.'s (MAPS)
 mapping software in future versions of its Excel spreadsheet and Office
 suite software, a MapInof official said. 
  The companies will announce the technology transfer agreement Monday. No
 financial terms are to be released. 
  But MapInfo Chief Executive Brian Owen said the arrangement would go a long
 way toward popularizing business uses of computer mapping. 
  It also will likely reignite growth at the small mapping software firm, he
 said. Revenue grew 75% during fiscal 1993, ended September, to $18.4
 million, and analysts expect growth of about 60% for fiscal 1994, which
 would bring them close to $30 million. The company expects to report results
 Monday. 
  The addition of mapping software underscores a move by spreadsheet makers
 to add this new feature to their software. Lotus Development Corp. (LOTS)
 has included a mapping tool in its new version of 1-2-3. 
  Owen said the mapping software would represent only a subset of MapInfo's
 line. He said he couldn't disclose its features and functions but said it
 would include map software and data files. 
  The data would allow map users to call up traits about geographical areas,
 making maps more than just tools showing roads and highways. 
  Owen said the Microsoft products would contain ''very powerful'' mapping
 applications that should provide a broad range of uses. MapInfo, of Troy,
 N.Y., would separately provide upgrade software adding features and
 capabilities. 
  MapInfo's Nasdaq-listed shares added 2, or 9.4%, to 23 1/4 on volume of
 207,000. Average daily volume is 47,100. 
  Microsoft's Nasdaq-listed shares fell 1 5/16, or 2.1%, to 61 5/16 on volume
 of 2.9 million, compared with average daily volume of 3.3 million. 

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Newspapers And Strikers      Wage A Cyberspace Duel
  SAN FRANCISCO -- When striking newspaper workers brought some presses
 off-line, the news went on-line.
  About 2,600 employees at the closely held San Francisco Chronicle and
 Hearst Corp.'s afternoon Examiner went on strike Tuesday after contract
 negotiations broke down, forcing a shutdown of two of three printing plants.
 The two papers, still publishing limited print editions using wire-service
 reports and stories written by management, immediately launched electronic
 versions.
  Striking reporters for the papers countered, distributing articles on the
 Internet in a new electronic publication called the San Francisco Free
 Press. They also began giving away print versions.
  The dueling cyberspace efforts, which are free of charge, underscore the
 ease with which media companies, or anyone wishing to provide information,
 can reach readers almost instantly. Every day, new information services
 ranging from giants to garage operations are emerging on the Internet,
 costing as little as a few hundred dollars to start.
  The electronic versions of the Free Press and the Chronicle and Examiner
 are in a dead heat in cyberspace, being accessed roughly 20,000 times each
 day, according to representatives for each version. The combined circulation
 of the Examiner and Chronicle has been over 600,000.

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Sun Microsystems To Unveil   Software For Video Display
  Sun Microsystems Inc. this week will unveil software that lets its
 workstations display and record multiple video signals delivered over
 computer networks.
  The Mountain View, Calif.-based computer company said its ShowMe TV product
 is available immediately. A version that lets workstations receive video
 signals over computer networks starts at $100 for installations with at
 least 100 users.
  A companion product, that lets workstations broadcast video information
 over a computer network, costs about $2,000. That product requires a special
 circuit board and a source for video information, such as a VCR or a video
 camera.

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Intel Speeds Up Shipment     Of Next-Generation Chip
  SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel Corp. said it is accelerating the schedule for
 delivery of its next-generation microprocessor chip.
  The big semiconductor maker said earlier this year that the new chip,
 code-named P6, would begin shipping in volume in the fourth quarter of 1995.
 An Intel spokesman said yesterday that shipments now are likely in the third
 quarter. Meanwhile, InfoWorld magazine is reporting in today's edition that
 shipments may begin by late in the second quarter.
  Linley Gwennap, an editor with Microprocessor Report, an industry
 newsletter based in Sebastopol, Calif., said Intel appears to be moving to
 counter new chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. of Sunnyvale, Calif., and
 Cyrix Corp. of Richardson, Texas, that are expected to be in the same
 performance class as Pentium, Intel's flagship chip for personal computers.
 Those chips are expected to be shipping in volume by the third quarter.
  Infoworld said Intel may make P6 part of its Pentium product line, in view
 of the money Intel has spent promoting that chip. Mr. Gwennap said Cyrix or
 AMD are rumored to be considering the name 686 for their new chips, an
 extension of Intel's original naming system that could confuse Intel's
 effort to give P6 a new name that emphasizes the chip's sixth-generation
 technology.

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Science Is Still Sniffing Out Solutions To The Common Cold
  Cold researchers are going to soggy lengths to analyze the anatomy of your
 sniffle. But a cure for the common cold remains elusive, leaving consumers
 to treat symptoms with an array of products whose ingredients are more or
 less the same. While sufferers mop up as well as they can, scientists
 continue to wrestle with the affliction.
  Cold combatant Jack Gwaltney of the University of Virginia at
 Charlottesville did a study in which he collected -- and weighed -- used
 tissues used by people who took antihistamines and people who didn't. His
 goal: to settle the debate over whether allergy-fighting antihistamines
 relieve cold symptoms, too. He found that they reduced nasal drip by almost
 a third. It wasn't pretty weighing soggy tissues, he says, but somebody had
 to do it.
  Slightly more fun was a series of weekend-long poker parties held in
 Madison, Wis., to study whether colds spread more by air or by hand. Elliot
 Dick of the University of Wisconsin enlisted cold sufferers and healthy
 volunteers. He restrained them from rubbing their eyes and noses while
 playing. They got sick anyway, suggesting that the main culprit is airborne
 virus.
  With vitamin C already an article of faith among many cold sufferers, Dr.
 Dick is struggling to validate it scientifically. In an unpublished 1990
 study, he gave colds to a group of volunteers, half of whom took two grams
 of vitamin C a day, the other half a placebo pill. The vitamin C group
 suffered milder symptoms, he says.
  Scientists are also seeking to harness the powers of the human immune
 system to quell cold symptoms. Dr. Gwaltney is testing a regimen that
 includes a nasal spray of the human protein interferon, which fights viruses
 as well as certain cancers. Interferon has many side effects.
  Finding a cure for the common cold was dropped from the national scientific
 agenda two decades ago. Cold viruses, in fact, are too numerous to prevent
 with one vaccine. What causes the common cold is most often a rhinovirus.
  By deconstructing your cold medicines, you can turn this fact into a
 consumer tool. Becoming label literate can spare your body unnecessary side
 effects, such as nervousness or drowsiness. Combination drugs may be
 convenient, but some doctors prefer cold relief a la carte, choosing
 single-symptom products rather than a smorgasbord of drugs.
  Scanning the fine print can also save money. There's a huge price gap among
 products, from less than 20 cents to more than $1 a dose. Here are their
 main ingredients:
  Decongestants, such as pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine and
 phenylephrine, open airways in the nose. They mimic the actions of the
 sympathetic nervous system, contracting muscles and blood vessels just as
 the body does during stress. No wonder they can make you feel nervous or
 sleepless.
  Antihistamines -- such as chlorpheniramine, brompheniramine, tripolidine,
 diphenhydramine and clemastine -- stop runny noses and sneezing. By blocking
 the chemical histamine, they also make you drowsy.
  Cough suppressants containing dextromethorphan calm the urge to cough in
 the medulla, a part of the brain that triggers coughs. But this ingredient
 can cause sedation or nausea.
  Expectorants, such as guaifenesin, act to thin and loosen mucus secretions
 and to clear the chest, so they're often combined with cough suppressants.
  Pain relievers -- such as acetaminophen, aspirin or ibuprofen -- are often
 added to soothe aches.
  To further decode the labels, consider that "daytime formula" means without
 antihistamine. "Nighttime" means with antihistamine. "Maximum strength" may
 mean it contains a pain reliever. All mean a price premium.

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Compaq Plans Big Push        To Market Consumer Electronics
  Compaq Computer Corp., the No. 1 personal computer company, is preparing an
 aggressive and risky push into home electronics.
  The company is designing computer-based machines that may eventually
 replace game players, stereos and even televisions.
  One of Compaq's experimental contraptions could be the robotic offspring of
 Barney the Dinosaur, with purple feet, chubby belly, big ears and flat round
 cap. Aimed at children, it includes an 11-pound portable computer that has
 the capability of a typical Compaq laptop, as well as a stereo, telephone
 and television. Compaq engineers have dubbed it Mr. PC Head. A version for
 teenagers, designed to look like a tall "boom box," is also in the prototype
 stage. Both would be priced starting at about $600.
  "I wouldn't be surprised if within five years our major competitor will be
 Sony," says Daryl J. White, chief financial officer at Houston-based Compaq.
  That assumes that the much-heralded "convergence" between home computers
 and traditional consumer electronics gadgets will actually take place -- and
 soon. No matter what interactive services emerge, though, Compaq and other
 PC makers believe home electronics will require more information processing
 and storage power. That, Compaq reasons, offers a path into new markets.
  "If we don't participate, we'll be the IBM of the '90s," says Mr. White. It
 would be said that "we had a great market opportunity, and we let it slide."
  In fact, Compaq's consumer-electronics venture is largely driven by fear.
 After years of pursuing International Business Machines Corp., Compaq has
 surpassed it and become the pursued. "To relax would be death," says
 Benjamin Rosen, the company's chairman.
  Instead of relaxing, Compaq has been hiring people from
 consumer-electronics companies like Philips NV, Sony Corp., Sega Enterprises
 Ltd. and Nintendo Co. Their mission: to build part or all of the
 televisions, game players, video-on-demand boxes and other home gizmos that
 will be constructed around a computer in coming years. In the past six
 months, Compaq has also bought stakes in six young computer-related
 companies, such as a children's software maker.
  The risks are many. Such heavyweights as IBM, Apple Computer Co., AT&T
 Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. all want to capitalize on the anticipated
 convergence of computers and electronics, as do the consumer electronics
 giants, Sony, NEC Corp., Toshiba Corp. and Sharp Corp.
  The shift will also be expensive for Compaq. The company has kept its
 research and development spending below 3% annually in recent years, and now
 it will be forced to spend more. In addition, though it has thrived in the
 past by being a close follower of technology and trends, not a risk-taking
 leader, it will now have to be less cautious.
  Then there is the perception challenge. Will consumers buy a Compaq
 "television"? Success in consumer electronics often turns more on fashion
 than technology, perhaps explaining why U.S. technology companies have
 struggled in the field. Two years after Compaq started serving the consumer
 market for personal computers, nearly 80% of its sales still come from
 corporations.
  Of course, no venture can be dismissed outright when it comes from a
 company that became the world's leading maker of personal computers in its
 12th year of existence. Compaq sales, which reached $7.2 billion last year,
 are expected to grow at least 50% this year, as they did last year.
  To keep up that pace, Compaq is hoping the electronics field will come to
 them. Within five years, company officials say, a single home will feature a
 network of computers, including a large digital screen in the living room.
 The computers will handle school homework, office projects, interactive
 communications, home shopping, banking, video-on-demand, security alarms,
 sprinkler systems, thermostats, light switches and even video-conferencing
 by telephone.
  The heart of the network will be a single computer -- a "home server" -- in
 the basement. "There will be one such device in the home to supply all
 needs," says Eckhard Pfeiffer, Compaq's chief executive and president. "We
 think it will be a Compaq box."
  Competitors may question that conclusion, but few doubt the premise. After
 all, computers are already replacing telephones, fax machines and answering
 machines. "In five to 10 years, are there going to be computer companies or
 consumer electronics companies?" asks Ted Waitt, chief executive and
 president of PC-maker Gateway 2000. "I think you're going to end up with a
 hybrid."
  Will consumers go along? One key, industry gurus say, will be to disguise
 computer technology so that it looks like familiar consumer products. A
 "smart TV" might actually be a PC with very fast video capability and a
 27-inch screen -- a computer to be used from 10 feet away, instead of two
 feet away.
  Mr. PC Head is a crude start at consumer camouflage. Compaq engineers,
 hardly known for their flashy home toys, sought out children to get new
 ideas for the consumer push. When consultants asked elementary school
 students in Los Angeles to draw their ideal computer, all the drawings
 included telephones. Most also had compact disk players and stereo speakers.
 To emphasize television, some even had rabbit-ear antennas. One
 seven-year-old's picture, which stood out because the machine had
 personality, a smiling face and a robot-like shape, became the model for Mr.
 PC Head.
  Back in the company's research labs in Houston, Compaq engineers have been
 able to incorporate stereo speaker "ears," a CD-ROM drive "hat," a
 detachable keyboard "belly" and other portable computer features into a
 Styrofoam prototype. Currently, Mr. PC Head is the object of market
 research. If the device looks as though it will sell, it could be out next
 year.
  "This is not George Jetson. All this stuff we probably can build today,"
 says Robert Stearns, a McKinsey & Co. veteran who is leading Compaq's charge
 into new technologies. "You may see us throw three products out and see what
 wins. This is new behavior from Compaq."

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Motorola To Join IBM, Apple  In Design Of Common Computer
  Three years after forming an unlikely alliance to reinvent the personal
 computer, International Business Machines Corp. and Apple Computer Inc.,
 together with Motorola Inc., are set today to announce an effort to forge a
 common computer design -- a project critics said may be too little, too
 late.
  For IBM and Apple, longtime bitter rivals and now wary and fractious
 partners, the accord stops short of the sweeping deal that may be needed for
 them to challenge the industry dominance of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp.
 Some industry watchers said the pact goes just halfway and should have been
 the starting point when Apple and IBM first allied in 1991.
  The new effort encompasses mainly an agreement to come up with a compatible
 hardware design, without taking the more important step toward a common
 software system that would allow programs written for an IBM PC to run
 seamlessly on an Apple Macintosh and vice versa. Overcoming the software
 hurdle is crucial to convincing developers to write new programs for the
 IBM-Apple system.
  Without the software issue resolved, the new IBM-Apple accord "doesn't get
 anybody anywhere," said Kimball Brown, an analyst at Dataquest who has
 followed the negotiations. "They need to work this out, because they have
 common enemies" -- Microsoft and Intel -- "but without the software,
 everything is irrelevant."
  But the partners continue to disagree about the terms for a software
 agreement, and the dynamics behind the rift illustrate why their rocky
 partnership has, in three years, failed to produce the competitive
 breakthroughs they had sought. Even if Apple and IBM can work out the
 software dispute, new computers based on the common design wouldn't appear
 until 1996 or perhaps even later. It could take an additional two years to
 write new programs for the new lines.
  That gives the Intel-Microsoft cartel plenty of time to expand its industry
 dominance. "We estimate there will be 160 million to 170 million Windows
 users by the end of 1996," said PaineWebber analyst Michael Kwatinetz. "If
 you are a software developer, that is where the economics are."
  The 1991 Apple-IBM accord, which startled the industry, has been testy and
 filled with setbacks. One part of the partnership, the PowerPC effort with
 Motorola, has successfully yielded an impressive new chip design. But Apple
 and IBM then went their separate ways, designing the same chip into
 different machines and ensuring their products would stay incompatible. Two
 other software alliances they created, the Kaleida Labs multimedia effort
 and the Taligent "object-oriented" software venture, have missed deadlines
 and lowered their ambitions.
  Motorola plans to make a wide range of desktop computers and servers based
 on the PowerPC microprocessor, some or all of which could utilize the common
 platform. It is believed that Motorola will contribute financially to the
 development effort to be announced today, and will license the Macintosh
 operating system from Apple.
  IBM and Apple continue to compete fiercely while trying to cooperate on
 hardware and software -- an unworkable situation in the opinion of some
 observers. They have failed to reach a consensus on hardware and software
 designs because, all along, each side has believed it had the better idea
 and has been unwilling to bow to the other.
  A cloud of enmity hangs over the partnership, and it isn't going away any
 time soon. Insiders at Apple, which placed full-page newspaper ads
 "welcoming" IBM to the PC business in 1981, then ran a commercial during the
 1984 Super Bowl likening Big Blue to Big Brother, still have disdain for
 IBM. After reading a newspaper account in which an IBM executive predicted
 that IBM's new OS/2 software release, known by the Star Trekian name Warp,
 would outsell the Apple Macintosh next year, an Apple product manager faxed
 a blistering memo to a reporter.
  "I have to confess that I sometimes think the science-fiction analogies at
 IBM are beginning to impact their view of reality," Apple's Jim Gable wrote
 in the memo. "It's easier to believe that our descendants will be traveling
 at warp speeds through the stars than that OS/2 will be outselling Macintosh
 throughout the stores." One IBM insider counters, however, that Apple is the
 one in trouble. "Why do you think they're even willing to negotiate with us
 now? They're desperate."
  That kind of petty rivalry underscores how difficult it has been for IBM
 and Apple to make the alliance work. "There are some very big egos here,"
 said one software developer who recently stopped writing programs for the
 Macintosh because of the ever-widening Windows-Intel lead.
  In the Apple-IBM software confrontation, each side is hung up on a crucial
 inability to consummate the relationship by giving up its own operating
 system in favor of one combined approach. Apple is willing to sell IBM
 license rights to the vaunted Macintosh operating system, which controls
 internal functions and the on-screen approach to the user, but insists on
 retaining control over its use.
  IBM so far has refused a simple licensing offer, some executives said,
 because it doesn't want to undermine its less-successful operating system,
 OS/2. IBM, instead, wants Apple to rewrite the Macintosh system so that it
 can run on top of an IBM design known as Workplace. Workplace is an unproven
 -- and incomplete -- effort to build a single underlying software layer that
 could run all sorts of operating systems, including Macintosh and OS/2.
  But just as IBM doesn't want to undercut OS/2, Apple has questioned why it
 should redesign the popular Macintosh approach to fit in a decidedly "iffy"
 software scheme, some executives said. Others painted a different picture:
 They said Apple wants to use the Workplace layer, but the two companies
 haven't agreed on the terms. Customers, in any case, probably wouldn't care
 what approach the companies use to make their systems work together.
  "I don't care what goes on inside the computer. It can be three gerbils
 holding their paws up in the air," said David Carlson, chief technology
 officer at Kmart Corp. But the idea of a universal PC is compelling. It
 would let software developers design one program to run on both families of
 machines. "An Apple-IBM alliance would make my life easier," Mr. Carlson
 said -- providing the computers can run Windows programs as well. So far,
 the partners haven't committed to this technically challenging capability.
  While the partners haggle, opportunity slips away. The Intel chip design is
 aging, and Microsoft won't be able to introduce its next version of Windows
 until the middle of next year. Meanwhile, nearly 70 million computers
 world-wide still lope along on just the antiquated operating system known as
 DOS, a tempting opening for a new computer design. But IBM has yet to
 introduce a line of desktop computers based on the PowerPC because it is
 almost a year behind schedule in rewriting OS/2.
  "Right now, I don't see anything IBM could do to bring the PowerPC to mass
 market faster than to license" the Macintosh system, said Yorgen Edholm,
 president of Brio Technologies, a Mountain View, Calif., software company.
 "As far as I'm concerned, unless they do something drastic, they're going to
 lose the battle. This is their last, best chance."
  Even if IBM and Apple can agree on a broader software alliance, the costs
 and technical hurdles would be high. By some estimates it could cost several
 hundred million dollars to devise a single hardware platform and rewrite the
 two companies' separate software systems. Undertaking the more ambitious
 project of redesigning the Macintosh system to fit on top of IBM's Workplace
 layer would cost significantly more.
  In addition, both companies will have to navigate the transition from their
 separate and incompatible product lines to a common design. Apple already is
 selling a PowerPC Macintosh and IBM plans a PowerPC line next year, yet
 customers might balk at buying such machines if both companies plan an
 entirely new design by 1996.

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Corporate Profits, 3Q -11-:   Technology

                           3rd Qtr.      3rd Qtr.      %
                            1994          1993        Chg
TECHNOLOGY               7,397,305     4,988,421     +  48
  COMPUTERS/INFORMATION
Apple Computer             114,655         2,664     +4204
Compaq Computer            201,000       107,000     +  88
Digital Equipment         -130,570      -154,253        --
EMC Corp                    69,395        38,487     +  80
Hewlett-Packard            347,000       271,000     +  28
IBM                        710,000       -48,000        --
Seagate Technology          22,537        36,068     -  38
Silicon Graphics            41,836        25,740     +  63
Storage Technology          18,550      -122,877        --
Sun Microsystems            38,427        16,606     + 131
Tandem Computers            71,003         3,188     +2127
Unisys Corp                 42,900        84,100     -  49
12 Firms                 1,546,733       259,723     + 496
  OFFICE EQUIPMENT
Nashua Corp                  2,356         4,391     -  46
Pitney Bowes                96,027        69,031     +  39
Smith Corona                 1,200         4,000     -  70
Xerox Corp                 186,000       150,000     +  24
4 Firms                    285,583       227,422     +  26
  SEMICONDUCTOR
Advanced Micro              86,686        61,338     +  41
Analog Devices              19,679        12,162     +  62
Applied Materials           58,136        28,173     + 106
Intel Corp                 659,000       584,000     +  13
Nat'l Semiconductor         59,000        57,100     +   3
5 Firms                    882,501       742,773     +  19
  SOFTWARE/PROCESSING
Adobe Systems               18,081        11,354     +  59
Autodesk Inc                16,587        16,471     +   1
Automatic Data Pro          68,700        53,710     +  28
Borland Int'l                  350         2,825     -  88
Ceridian Corp               19,200        10,700     +  79
Computer Assoc             130,375        87,538     +  49
Computer Sciences           22,923        18,267     +  25
Lotus Development          -66,385        18,304        --
Microsoft Corp             316,000       239,000     +  32
Novell Inc                  -4,000      -257,000        --
Oracle Corp                 61,200        37,360     +  64
Parametric Technology       18,602        13,406     +  39
Policy Management            9,723           346     +2710
Sybase Inc                  19,414        11,003     +  76
14 Firms                   630,770       263,284     + 140
  COMMUNICATIONS
AT&T                     1,050,000     1,022,000     +   3
Cabletron Systems           38,465        28,274     +  36
Cisco Systems               89,566        53,719     +  67
Comsat Corp                 21,400        19,400     +  10
DSC Communications          43,196        23,288     +  85
General Instrument          56,781        27,367     + 107
Harris Corp                 28,800        14,600     +  97
Motorola Inc               380,000       254,000     +  50
Scientific-Atlanta          12,100         7,200     +  68
9 Firms                  1,720,308     1,449,848     +  19
  AEROSPACE/DEFENSE
Boeing Co                  185,000       189,000     -   2
E-Systems Inc                8,229        32,558     -  75
GenCorp Inc                  6,400         7,700     -  17
General Dynamics            54,000        73,000     -  26
Litton Indust              -59,010        45,651        --
Lockheed Corp              112,000       117,000     -   4
Loral Corp                  66,300        46,700     +  42
Martin Marietta            148,800       131,100     +  14
McDonnell Douglas          161,000       142,000     +  13
Northrop Grumman            39,000        26,000     +  50
Precision Castparts          7,200         5,500     +  31
Rohr Inc                     1,879           135     +1292
Sundstrand Corp             23,700        17,100     +  39
Thiokol Corp                14,288       -49,809        --
14 Firms                   768,786       783,635     -   2
  DIVERSIFIED TECHNOLOGY
Corning Inc                 76,900       -33,900        --
EG&G Inc                   -48,294        15,213        --
Minnesota Mng & M          341,000       316,000     +   8
Perkin-Elmer Corp           14,900         1,000     +1390
Raytheon                   191,900       170,800     +  12
Rockwell Int'l             165,000       150,000     +  10
Tektronix Inc               15,990         9,731     +  64
Texas Instruments          186,000       146,000     +  27
TRW Inc                     81,800        50,200     +  63
United Technolog           194,000       157,000     +  24
Varian Associates           26,928        17,980     +  50
11 Firms                 1,246,124     1,000,024     +  25
  INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY
Ametek Inc                  10,226         1,980     + 416
General Signal              27,802        24,326     +  14
Intergraph Corp            -17,496       -19,941        --
Millipore Corp              22,167        10,609     + 109
Pall Corp                   38,001        39,076     -   3
5 Firms                     80,700        56,050     +  44
  ADVANCED MEDICAL DEVICES
Acuson Corp                  3,734         2,279     +  64
Alza Corp                   12,510        14,127     -  11
Biomet Inc                  17,113        15,331     +  12
Medtronic Inc               65,081        52,500     +  24
St Jude Medical             24,489        25,972     -   6
Stryker Corp                16,730        13,990     +  20
6 Firms                    139,657       124,199     +  12
  BIOTECHNOLOGY
Amgen Inc                  113,956       102,692     +  11
Biogen                     -26,421        11,275        --
Centocor Inc               -17,579       -15,804        --
Chiron Corp                 12,567         4,946     + 154
Genentech                   33,586        15,516     + 116
Pioneer Hi-Bred            -19,966       -37,162        --
6 Firms                     96,143        81,463     +  18

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Sun Micro Affirms Commitment To Computer Networks 
  NEW YORK  Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW) remains committed to the idea
 that ''the network is the computer,'' said Scott McNealy, company president.
  McNealy told a Prudential Securities high technology conference here that
 the company is an industry leader in markets such as UNIX, RISC desktop
 servers and database and file servers. He said the company also expects to
 be a major player in the enterprise server market shortly. 
  The executive said the company's backlog continues to be high. But he said
 he hoped lead times for orders to be completed would be shortened by an
 improvement, before the end of the year, in the availability of DRAM, or
 dynamic random access memory. 
  McNealy said the company's restructuring is nearly complete after three
 years. He said the appointment of presidents for each of the company's units
 has given him more time to focus on more areas of the company. 
  Sun Microsystems also expects to find success in the video server, Internet
 server and PC server markets, McNealy said. 
  ''The company is well-positioned now and will continue to do well,''
 McNealy said. 

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3Dlabs ships GLINT 300SX 3D graphics processor                     
SAN JOSE, CALIF. -Nov. 7, 1994--3Dlabs Inc. today 
announced immediate sampling of the GLINT 300SX 3D processor. GLINT is fully
functional and exceeds initial target performance levels. Currently, OpenGL
applications running on GLINT-accelerated Pentium PCs are outperforming
high-priced workstations.  3Dlabs' GLINT 300SX costs $150 in volume, and
full-volume shipments are expected in the first quarter of 1995. 
GLINT will be publicly demonstrated for the first time in the 3Dlabs' suite at
Comdex Fall '94.  3Dlabs can be found at Comdex on the First Floor of the Las
Vegas Hilton in Room 2 (H2), Nov. 14-18. GLINT will also be shown in the
booths of a number of 3Dlabs' customers. 
The GLINT chip was implemented entirely in the VHDL high level description
language.  Synopsys tools were used for synthesis and simulation.  3Dlabs
chose IBM Microelectronics to manufacture GLINT utilizing IBM's advanced 3.3V,
0.5 micron process and technical support capability. 
"We definitely chose the right partners in Synopsys and IBM," said Osman Kent,
president and CEO of 3Dlabs.  "GLINT is one of the largest VHDL designs ever
encountered by Synopsys.  It contains over 1 million transistors of hardwired
logic and operates at 2.5 billion operations per second.  Getting a chip like
this right the first time is a major achievement.  I would like to publicly
thank IBM and Synopsys for their tremendous effort and support." 
"We have now proven our design methodology, which shows we can rapidly develop
sophisticated graphics processors," said Neil Trevett, vice president of
marketing at 3Dlabs.  "Getting the GLINT 300SX right first time establishes an
aggressive forward momentum as we expand the GLINT processor family.   This
allows us to establish and expand a leadership position in 3D graphics chips." 
3Dlabs is already shipping fully functional GLINT-based reference PCI-boards,
with optimized drivers for Windows, Windows NT and OpenGL. Driver development
has been ongoing in parallel with the chip design through the use of 3Dlabs'
GLINT software simulator. 
3Dlabs has a substantial software engineering team which is concentrating on
porting and optimizing Windows and OpenGL for GLINT. 3Dlabs has also
established partnerships with companies such as Template Graphics Software, X
Inside, RenderMorphics, Argonaut and Criterion. These ISVs are developing
software for harnessing GLINT using a wide range of APIs on diverse hardware
platforms. 
3Dlabs has also established an ISV program which is encouraging applications
developers to migrate their workstation applications to Windows NT-based PCs. 
3Dlabs is providing close technical support to ISVs to ensure applications
take maximum advantage of GLINT acceleration. 
3Dlabs already has close to 30 customers implemeting GLINT-based board 
designs.  Boards will start shipping during the fourth quarter of 1994. As
well as PC accelerators, 3Dlabs customers are developing Sbus and VME boards
for workstations and embedded systems.  Customers for GLINT include STB, SPEA,
Omnicomp, Future Vision Technology, Diamond Flower, Aries, Barco Chromatics,
Densan, Media Labs, Komatsu, and Datapath. 
"The support, encouragement and feedback we have received from our early 
partners has been invaluable," said Trevett.  "We are working closely with our
customers to ensure we continue to target our efforts at providing the 3D
solutions they need.  GLINT is the first graphics chip to be designed around a
software standard, and we intend to continue to push the envelope of graphics
silicon." 
S3 recently selected GLINT as a 3D co-processor for the range of S3's 2D 
windowing accelerators.  3Dlabs and S3 are working to provide a tightly 
integrated graphics solution that combines GLINT's best-of-breed 3D, with the
industry's growing investment in S3's 2D accelerators. 
The 3Dlabs GLINT processor incorporates the equivalent of a high-end 
workstation graphics board-set in a single chip.  Target platforms include
desktop personal computers, workstations and embedded systems. GLINT is
capable of processing 300,000 shaded, depth buffered and anti-aliased
polygons/second.  The chip provides complete 32-bit color, 2D and 3D
acceleration, an on-chip PCI-compliant local bus interface and integrated
LUT-DAC control, making a complete graphics subsystem possible with minimal
chip count.  GLINT implements all the 3D rendering operations of OpenGL in
silicon, including Gouraud shading, depth buffering, anti-aliasing and texture
mapping, making it ideal for accelerating any polygon-based 3D API. 
3Dlabs is a worldwide OEM supplier of chips, enabling software and technology
for 3D graphics.  The company's products enable board and system manufacturers
to integrate 3D capabilities into their products for such applications as CAD,
multimedia, simulation, virtual reality, interactive TV and video games. 
3Dlabs Inc., headquartered in San Jose, was founded in April 1994 following a
management buyout of Du Pont Pixel, 
and is privately owned. -0- Note to Editors:  3Dlabs and GLINT are trademarks
of 3Dlabs Inc. Ltd.  All other trademarks are acknowledged. 

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Apple, IBM, Motorola Pact  Computers Available In 1996
  NEW YORK  Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL), International Business Machines
 Corp. (IBM) and Motorola Inc. (MOT) confirmed they have agreed on a new
 hardware reference platform for the PowerPC microprocessor that aims to
 deliver a much wider range of operating system and application choices for
 computer customers. 
  In a press release, the companies said the new platform defines an
 architecture - a framework made up of open technical concepts, definitions,
 specifications and interfaces - that can be used by any hardware or software
 vendor to build compatible PowerPC-based computer products that are ready to
 run a tremendous variety of applications written for a number of industry
 operating systems. 
  The new hardware reference platform for the PowerPC microprocessor is
 expected to support popular operating systems, such as the Mac OS, OS/2 for
 the PowerPC, AIX and Microsoft Windows NT. 
  Earlier today, Novell Inc. (NOVL) said it plans to provide Processor
 Independent Netware support for the new platform. 
  The companies said each company intends to take technical and financial
 responsibility to port an operating system to the common platform. Apple
 will be responsible for porting the Mac OS, IBM for OS/2 for the PowerPC and
 AIX, and Motorola for Windows NT. 
  More technical information on the new hardware platform will be published
 in the spring of 1995. The alliance members plan to present prototypes of
 the systems based on the specification in 1995, and the first computers are
 expected to be available in 1996. 
  The Reduced Instruction Set Computing-based PowerPC microprocessor came out
 of the 1991 alliance of IBM, Apple and Motorola. But while the PowerPC has
 been available in some Macintosh machines, the three companies hadn't
 previously taken the step of designing a complete platform that would be
 based on the PowerPC and would run software from Apple and IBM equally well.
  ''This alliance renews the commitment to the PowerPC,'' Ian Diery,
 executive vice president and general manager of Apple Computer's PC
 division, said at a news conference in New York with officials from the
 three companies. 
  The companies intend to create a platform that can be scaled down to a
 notebook and scaled up to a server while being able to use the same
 ''shrink-wrapped'' operating systems. 
  With the new hardware reference platform unveiled today, users can have one
 computer that takes advantage of applications designed for different
 operating systems. This sort of flexibility isn't widely available on
 current computers. 
  Diery said the new platform provides a greater opportunity for the industry
 to join in RISC-based technology, particularly software companies. 
  Today's announcement is an important new step in this alliance, Diery said.
  ''The time is right for us,'' said Nobuo Mi, general manager Power Personal
 Systems division of IBM, of the PowerPC technology. 
  Mi said the PowerPC-based computers from IBM, Apple and Motorola will
 differentiate themselves from each other by the features they will offer. 
  Officials from the three companies declined to speculate on what share of
 the market their new PowerPC products will garner. 
  During today's press conference, Nobuo Mii, general manager of IBM's Power
 Personnel Systems division, said Sun Microsystems Inc. (SUNW) would support
 the RISC architecture promoted by IBM, Motorola and Apple. 
  Sun Microsystems, maker of the Solaris operating system, will enable that
 program to run on the new PowerPC machines, Mii said. 

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NEC brings high-performance multimedia  systems to the corporate of
top-of-the-line systems feature next generation of image video technology
SAN JOSE, CALIF. -Nov. 7, 1994--Responding to the 
explosive growth in advanced business computing applications, NEC Technologies
(NECT), today announced its new Image Pentium Series, the Image P90, P90E and
P100E targeted at the corporate user who demands high performance. 
The new series provides corporate professionals with the most advanced 
technology available with systems starting under $2,500. The new Image Pentium
family combines the next generation of ImageVideo technology for superior
graphics applications and a powerful PCI Local Bus architecture that optimizes
performance, connectivity and expansion capabilities. 
The Image Pentium series features Image Video Technology, which combines 
32-bit PCI local bus video, hardware graphics acceleration, linear addressing,
TrueColor technology and 2MB of fast video memory to provide the best standard
integrated graphics solutions. 
''We designed our new Image Pentium systems as the ideal PC workstations for
corporate professionals who demand the best performance, the latest in
multimedia experience and the capability to handle the needs of tomorrow,''
said Mary Chin, director of marketing for NEC's commercial desktop and
computer systems. 
The new Image Pentium series consists of 13 configurations starting with the
single processor P90 models to the full-blown, dual processor P90E or P100E
models.  The Multimedia models include 16-bit sound card, speakers and a
microphone to deliver true to life wavetable sounds and voice reproduction for
executives and corporations searching for PC workstations that provide the
highest quality sound. 
''Today's corporate users are demanding more and more performance to run 
advanced operating systems and NEC's new Image Pentium Series delivers well
balanced systems, optimizing each component to take full advantage of the
processor's capabilities. We're delighted to see NEC offering a full line of
Pentium Processor-based PCs to meet the needs of the corporate user,'' said
Frank Spindler, director of marketing for Intel Corp. 
All systems incorporate DMI (Desktop Management Interface), to provide asset
management across networks.  Each Image Pentium system comes standard with a
component Instrumentation, MIF database and a Windows Browser to allow the
management of all DMI compliant assets, locally and remotely. 
The Image Pentium series features a sophisticated Display Data Channel (DDC)
to support Plug and Play.  Reinforcing NEC's commitment to the environment,
the Image Pentium series bears the EPA's Energy Star logo providing automatic
energy savings.  Availability and Warranty Information 
The Image Pentium series P90 will be available in mid-November, the P90E and
P100E in mid-December and the Dual 100 in mid-January 1995.  All systems carry
a three year limited warranty.  The first year provides on-site service while
the second and third year are return to depot service.  All parts and labor
are covered for three years.  NEC Technologies Inc. 

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-Consumer electronics giant enters video  game market; GoldStar 3DO 
Multiplayer system now available in U.S. retail stores
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -Nov. 7, 1994--One of the 
world's largest consumer electronics manufacturers has thrown its hat into the
$6 billion video gaming systems market. 
Goldstar U.S.A. Inc. has shipped its new GoldStar 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
system in time for the 1994 holiday buying season. 
''GoldStar recognizes 3DO as the premier gaming platform for the 1990s and
beyond,'' said Jim Ireton, vice president of sales and marketing for the
GoldStar Multimedia Division.  ''Its state-of-the-art performance has set the
standard for the industry today, and with its growing catalog of critically
acclaimed titles, we are proud to put the GoldStar name on this type of
high-end entertainment product.'' 
The GoldStar GPA 101M 3DO system is based on advanced 3DO interactive 
technology, which enables the most engaging and realistic gameplay today and
tomorrow.  The GoldStar system features a double-speed CD-ROM drive, full
motion video capability, CD-quality sound, and photorealistic graphics.  The
system also plays standard audio CDs, photo CDs, CD+Graphics and, with a
special card, video movie CDs. 
''We are very proud to partner with GoldStar,'' said Trip Hawkins, 3DO 
president and CEO.  ''This partnership brings us another step closer to 
fulfilling our mission of giving consumers a wide choice of brands and models,
all based on core 3DO technologies.  With the new GoldStar model now in stores
nationwide, the 3DO platform is the only high-end video gaming system
available to consumers from multiple manufacturers."  One System for the Whole
Family 
Versatility makes the 3DO system a favorite among retailers. There are 
currently more than 100 titles available worldwide for the 3DO system. Unlike
traditional video game devices, the GoldStar 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
system is an item that can be enjoyed by the entire family for a wide range of
entertainment activities. 
''Gaming systems promise to be strong for us again this holiday season, ''
said John Eyler, president and CEO of FAO Schwarz, a major upscale retail toy
chain.  ''And because it appeals to such a broad age range of consumers --
kids, teens and parents alike -- none promise to be hotter or brighter than
the new GoldStar 3DO system.''  Performance and Style 
Offering the arcade-style performance and versatility that have established
3DO as the platform of choice among gamers, the new GoldStar system features a
number of design enhancements.  Its futuristic sleek black console is
complemented by a new seven-button control pad for maximum gameplay fun. 
The GoldStar 3DO system comes bundled with more than $150 of free software,
including the hit video game Shock Wave from Electronic Arts; the popular
children's title Putt-Putt Joins the Parade by Humongous Entertainment; and an
exclusive PhotoCD offer from The Eastman Kodak Co. 
With a suggested retail price of $399.99, the GoldStar 3DO Interactive 
Multiplayer system is now available at leading U.S. retailers including 
Babbage's, Electronics Boutique, FAO Schwarz and Software Etc. 
GoldStar U.S.A. Inc., is a leading manufacturer of consumer electronics, 
multimedia and magnetic media products, including televisions, VCRs, VCPs,
VH8(R) VCR/dubbing decks, ViewMax(TM) TVCRs, camcorders, CD-i and other
multimedia products, compact disc players/changers, portable and home audio
products, microwave ovens and other appliances, home office products,
including facsimile and a complete line of computer monitors, audio/video tape
and floppy disks. 

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FREDDI FISH AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING KELP SEEDS(TM) SWIMS INTO S
    Humongous Entertainment's New Junior Adventure Provides 
          An Unparalleled Entertainment Experience 
     WOODINVILLE, Wash., Nov. 7 - Humongous Entertainment today
announced the availability of its newest Junior Adventure, Freddi Fish(TM) and
the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds(TM).  Freddi Fish breaks new ground in
graphics for multimedia titles by featuring all hand-drawn animation and
provides an entertainment experience for children and adults that cannot be
matched in the current software market. 
People expecting the boxy graphics that are standard in today's computer games
will not find them in Freddi Fish.  Instead they will discover a colorfully
animated undersea world that will make it seem as if they are participating in
a movie rather than watching a computer screen.  The film-like quality of the
animation provides a depth and fluidity to the story that can only be compared
to the more traditional entertainment venues such as movies and television. 
"The natural movement that hand-drawn animation gives characters creates a
warm and almost magical environment that simply engrosses people in what they
are experiencing," said Ron Gilbert, co-founder of Humongous Entertainment and 
designer/director of Freddi Fish.  Gilbert has an extensive background in game
design with credits including the award-winning Monkey Island and Maniac
Mansion titles from LucasArts. 
"With Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds, we didn't just set
out to do the best in children's interactive entertainment, we set out to do
the best in interactive entertainment period," Gilbert continued. 
In addition to the stylish visuals, both kids and adults will enjoy the 
tropical melodies and rhythms that provide the musical backdrop for the 
story's action.  The soundtrack features all digitally recorded music, much of
which was performed by a live band. 
Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds is an interactive story
that features Freddi Fish, a young female fish who helps Grandma Grouper find
her stolen kelp seeds.  While Freddi and her pal, Luther, uncover many clues
in the undersea caves, oyster beds and coral reefs, two mischievous sharks are
hot on their tails providing waves of excitement.  Just as in the real world,
Freddi's neighborhood is filled with interesting characters such as the
Junkyard Dogfish, fast-talking Ray the Manta Ray, and Gabby the Guppy. 
Anticipating the future, Freddi Fish takes full advantage of Microsoft Windows
95(TM) 32-bit operating system, as well as such exciting features as Auto
Play.  Freddi Fish requires an IBM PC or compatible, 33 MHz 386 or faster, 4MB
RAM, 256-color graphics card, a double-spin CD-ROM drive, Microsoft Windows
version 3.1 or higher and a sound card. It is currently available for an
estimated street price of $39.95. 
Based in Woodinville, Humongous Entertainment is the creator of world-class,
interactive adventure stories developed for DOS, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows,
CD-ROM, and the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. Humongous Entertainment has
designed, written and published eight highly popular, award-winning, animated
children's titles.  Committed to providing the best in interactive
entertainment, Humongous Entertainment continuously breaks new ground in
multimedia and interactive storytelling with pioneering efforts such as
featuring all hand-drawn animation in its newest titles.  The film-like
quality of its animation provides experiences for children and adults that
cannot be matched with current software products.  Every product is designed
to build a new world for its audience to live and explore. 

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Radius' "Boosters and Bucks" promotion offers up  to $500 rebate on
graphics accelerators; delivers blazing performance on Macs and Power Macs;
30-day money-back guarantee and Lifetime Warranty included
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -Nov. 7, 1994--Significantly 
increasing the value of its high-performing Macintosh-based graphics 
acceleration solutions family, Radius Inc. (NASDAQ:RDUS) Monday announced a
special "Boosters and Bucks" mail-in promotion that runs through Dec. 31, 1994.
The promotion offers users a cash rebate of up to $250 -- and a 30-day, 
money-back guarantee -- when they purchase Radius' high-end graphics 
accelerator cards.  In addition, users who buy the graphics card in 
conjunction with Radius' new Photoshop accelerator, PhotoEngine, will double
their rebate -- a total potential savings of up to $500. 
"Radius' 'Boosters and Bucks' program provides creative professionals with a
far-reaching range of acceleration alternatives that will meet their most
critical price/performance demands," said Dee Cravens, Radius' vice president
of marketing. 
"This unique double-savings on the industry's highest performing graphics
accelerators -- combined with a money-back guarantee and the best Warranty in
our industry -- brings new levels of productivity and performance to the
Macintosh and Power Macintosh platforms at a cost far lower than ever before." 
The Thunder and LeMans graphics accelerators offer 24-bit color and deliver
dramatic improvements in performance and compatibility for graphic design,
publishing, and prepress applications.  Radius graphics accelerators also
deliver: -0- 
-- Large screen, high resolution (up to 1,600 pixels) with 24-bit 
photo-realistic color image processing 
-- "On-the-fly" bit-depth/resolution switching allows greater flexibility with
a simple, user programmable, keystroke command 
-- Accelerated graphics of up to 20 times faster than built-in video on the
Power Macintosh 
-- Lifetime Warranty -- for worry-free use of the product -0- 
The "Boosters and Bucks" promotion applies to the following Radius graphics
accelerators: 
                                       Total with 
 Product                  Rebate       PhotoEngine 
  
 LeMans GT                $150           $300 
 Thunder/24               $150           $300 
 Thunder II GX - 1152     $150           $300 
 Thunder II GX - 1360     $250           $500 
 Thunder II GX - 1600     $250           $500 
  
-0- 
As a result of the Aug. 31, 1994, merger between Radius and SuperMac 
Technologies, the Thunder line is the latest high-end addition to Radius'
stable of graphics acceleration solutions. 
Radius today markets and supports all major products of both companies and
develops sales and marketing programs aimed at promoting the efforts of its
resellers.  The combined company is also honoring all promised warranties,
service, and support for Radius and SuperMac-branded products. 
In addition to a 30-day money back guarantee, all products in the "Boosters
and Bucks" promotion are covered under Radius' revolutionary Lifetime Warranty
program.  Under the program, Radius will replace any faulty
Radius-manufactured add-on or add-in board for as long as the user owns the
product. 
For additional information on the "Boosters and Bucks" promotion, customers
can call the Radius Fax Back System at 800/966-7360.  For product and dealer
information, customers in the United States and Canada can call 800/541-7680. 
Sunnyvale-based Radius Inc. delivers extended computer system performance,
faster graphics, the highest-quality digital video, and enhanced viewing and
display products to leading-edge computer users in the publishing, graphics,
video and education markets.  The company's products are available through a
worldwide network of Radius authorized resellers, system integrators and
distributors. -0- 

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Moody's: Competition Among PC Disk Drive Makers To Intensify
  NEW YORK - Competition among personal computer disk drive makers is
 expected to intensify over the next few years after too many firms compete
 for a share of a crowded, volatile, and narrowly defined market, according
 to a report released this week by Moody's Investors Service. 
  Today, the U.S.-dominated industry consists of six major players. Moody's
 expects that number may shrink to three or four over the next several years.
 During that period, disk drive makers' credit ratings will be volatile and a
 broad divergence of ratings among the firms may develop. 
  The rating agency warns that, although consumer demand for disk storage
 appears to be insatiable, supply will outpace demand in the near-term. The
 rating agency is also concerned that industry consolidation is likely, which
 weaker players: Maxtor Corp. (MXTR), with a senior implied rating of B2, and
 Micropolis Corp. (MLIS) at B1. 
  Survivors of the market shakeout will have strong cash positions, good
 product pipelines, and effective executions. These are likely to include
 Western Digital Corp. (WDC) at B1, whose rating outlook is positive; along
 with Seagate Technology (SGAT) at Ba2, Conner Peripherals Inc. (CNR) at Ba3
 and Quantum Corp. (QNTM) at Ba3, which have neutral rating outlooks.
 Together, the firms have $1.5 billion of speculative-grade bonds
 outstanding. 
  In addition to pressure from a supply/demand imbalance, Moody's expects
 that the lack of PC product differentiation will continue to pressure
 margins downward. The report also points out that the industry is quickly
 becoming an assembly manufacturing business that relies on technology-rich
 components from other suppliers. 

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PowerOpen Association applauds Apple, IBM, and  Motorola on PowerPC
standard agreement
CUPERTINO, CALIF.  -Nov. 7, 1994--The PowerOpen 
Association Monday congratulated Apple, IBM, and Motorola on their agreement
to create a new hardware standard for the personal computer. 
This agreement is a major milestone for the industry, ushering in a new age of
open competition on a stable, advanced design.  The agreement will create for
the first time, a credible, open, and widely supported common platform for a
wide range of operating environments, including the PowerOpen Environment
(POE). 
"We believe that this agreement on a common hardware platform will push 
products based on the PowerPC architecture to the forefront, giving users RISC
performance, unparalleled flexibility, low costs, and a huge selection of
software," said Tom Mace, president of the PowerOpen Association.  "The
commitment of Apple, IBM, and Motorola to a joint, open platform personal
computer spells good news for users." 
The PowerOpen Environment is the next generation open systems specification
providing end users, software developers, and systems vendors with an easy to
use, standards-based, high performance software platform.  Derived from
internationally accepted standards such as X/Open's XPG4, Spec 1170, and POSIX
1003, the POE defines both the application programming interfaces and the
binary formats for systems and applications.  IBM's AIX 4.1 operating system
is scheduled to be the first POE compliant system software which will bring
with it thousands of applications that can be certified. 
The PowerOpen Association (POA) is an international non-profit organization
dedicated to providing services and information for those using the PowerPC
architecture in their business.  Over 215 companies are members of POA, with
Apple, Bull, Motorola, and THOMSON-CSF as sponsors. 

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