Expert advice: the pros list their software favorites
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Software experts recommend software packages geared for the home user. Small businesses managed out of the home generally do not require corporate full-featured software programs such as spreadsheets and data bases. Microsoft Corp's $149 Microsoft Works and $495 Microsoft Word for Windows are two applications suitable for home businesses. Intuit's $59.95 Quicken 4.0 is an easy-to-use financial management package. Top investment software applications include Microsoft's $495 Excel spreadsheet program, Reality Technologies' $250 Wealthbuilder and Techserve's $99 CapTool portfolio tracking program. Software for children includes Broderbund Software's $79.95 Deluxe Edition of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, a geography learning game that requires a CD-ROM drive and color monitor; BroderBund's $49.95 Kidpix, a paint program; and Knowledge Research Inc's $69.95 Discis Books. Additional software titles are discussed.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1991
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Software makers expected to post mixed results; analysts say big concerns fared poorly in quarter as small firms did well
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Industry analysts predict weak profits or even losses for computer software companies in the 3rd qtr, with the exception of Microsoft Corp, the industry leader. Slow sales of mainframe and midrange computers is hurting companies that make products for those models, and slowing growth in microcomputers is hurting PC software firms. Microsoft continues to defy trends: analysts say earnings in the company's 1st qtr, ending Sep 30, will rise to between 60 cents and 70 cents a share, up 40 percent to 63 percent from $49.6 million, or 43 cents a share, in the year earlier period.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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More software makers delete free advice
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Free user assistance is being replaced by charges for telephone support services among software publishers. Companies such as Microsoft Corp and Buttonware Inc do not believe their customer relations will be damaged by the use of 900 numbers, which require the caller to pay for the service. The software publishers state that software users are willing to pay for telephone support as long as they get help. The software companies are advising customers that the fees are used for increased and improved customer support.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1990
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