11.   The group is calling for the major vendors of e-mail programs to provide their software with JavaScript automatically turned off.

12.   The major vendors are not willing to invest much in sorting the trends out.

13.   Today, all the major vendors have learned that PCs are also prone to enough date bugs to be worrisome.

14.   U.S. corporate customers bought more PCs, while workstation and server sales rose as major vendors unveiled powerful new models.

15.   And major specialized vendors and discount stores have made wine more affordable in Japan.

16.   At least one major vendor showed it still cared for its dealers who were in trouble.

17.   Motorola, a major vendor of cellular phones and pagers in Southeast Asia, is selling GSM digital cellular phones in Laos, the company said in a statement.

18.   Four major vendors of Linux , a rival operating system to Microsoft, on Thursday announced a major initiative to create a standardized version of their software.

19.   The initiative, dubbed UnitedLinux, is supported by major vendors including IBM, Intel, Fujitsu Japan and Hewlett-Packard, the four Linux companies said.