At a crossroad, PeopleSoft bets on the future of Internet-based software

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PeopleSoft is set to preview the latest version of its 'enterprise' software, PeopleSoft 8, a program that lets companies automate many business management tasks. The release comes long after those of competitors and market share leaders Oracle and SAP of Germany, and PeopleSoft shares are down 30 percent since January. PeopleSoft spent 27 percent of its 1999 budget on research and development, making sure its software is the most entirely Internet-based, hoping thereby to gain an edge over its competition.

Germany, Business Software Pkgs (Micro), Product introduction, Business management software, Suites (Software), Statistics, Market share, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., ORCL, SAP, PeopleSoft Inc., PSFT, Oracle 11i (Data warehousing software), PeopleSoft 8.0 (Business management software)

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Microsoft to pay $20 million to settle lawsuit over Java

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After a 4-year battle, Microsoft will pay Sun Microsystems $20 million. Microsoft, which had a license for Java, shipped the programming language with the capacity to be only run on Windows. Sun designed the program to be run on all systems. Microsoft can use Java for 7 years, except Sun's new version. Microsoft chairman Steve Ballmer and Sun chairman Scott McNealy have been trading barbs for years and may continue to do so into the future.

Patents & copyrights, Company legal issue, Cases, Microsoft Corp., Discipline, Sun Microsystems Inc., SUNW, Licensing agreements, Company licensing agreement, MSFT, Licenses, Java Activator (Program translator)

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Once a Booming Market, Educational Software for the PC Takes a Nose Dive

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The sales of education software have dropped significantly in the last five years. Industry analysts suspect that computers in the classroom as well as many free educational Internet sites are to blame.

Sales & consumption, Educational Software Pkgs (Micro), Miscellaneous publishing, Industry Overview, Educational software, Instructional materials industry, Educational/training software, Industry sales and revenue

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