In PC software, changes yield lower prices

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Software development companies are suffering as the market becomes saturated and prices plummet. Software prices have dropped severely across the entire industry and analysts are reducing their profit estimates even for industry leaders Microsoft Corp, Lotus Development Corp and Borland International Inc. Revenues for IBM PC-based software are still growing but the number of first-time buyers is falling as the market matures. Companies are turning to competitive pricing and aggressive promotions to entice the existing customers who want to trade up. Discounts of one-half to one-third of the list price are now available on many packages through trade-in offers. Compounding the problem is the growing popularity of Microsoft's Windows graphics-based operating program. Competitors are being forced to produce new Windows-compatible versions of their products.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Software, Prices and rates, Market Analysis, Competition, Price, Discount, Software packages

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Ameritech's long-distance application draws rebuff from Justice Department

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The Dept of Justice has denied Ameritech's bid to join the long-distance business on the grounds that the company has not yet satisfactorily opened up its own local market to competition. Ameritech's failure to provide competitors with routing and switching services, as the Michigan Public Service Commission and the FCC had instructed that it do, was one issue the Justice Dept found fault with. The company was also informed it had not yet provided enough systems to its rivals or fixed the connection problem that was causing numerous calls between Ameritech customers and the customers of its rivals to become disconnected. Ameritech's customers and competitors approved of the Justice Dept's decision.

COMMUNICATION, Communications, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Company legal issue, Laws, regulations and rules, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Telecommunications systems, United States. Department of Justice, Long distance telephone services, Local telephone services, Long-distance telephone service, Local telephone service, AIT, Ameritech Corp.

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Open sesame; in the arcane culture of computer hackers, few doors stay closed; Frank Darden easily broke into BellSouth's network, trading tips with others; entering the legion of doom

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Computer hackers are causing increased concern among banks, credit bureaus, telephone companies and other businesses that rely on computers connected by telephone lines. Any company with a computer connected to a phone is at risk of being accessed by hackers, according to observers. Frank Darden is one such hacker who was arrested by Secret Service agents and charged with felony counts of conspiracy and wire fraud for breaking into BellSouth Corp's computer. Darden claims that getting into BellSouth's computer was relatively easy, and that he did it only for the challenge it provided.

Investigations, BellSouth Corp., BLS, Computer crimes, Computer hackers, Hacker, Security, Access Controls, Computer Crime, Darden, Frank

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