11.   Both companies sell software used to design, test and make silicon chips.

12.   A company preparing to sell Internet software got off to an inauspicious start this week, sending out trial disks that were infected with a virus.

13.   A federal district judge in Seattle, where RealNetworks is based, has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Streambox from developing, producing or selling the software.

14.   A few years ago, when Brian Landwehr was trying to sell software that enabled PCs to read Macintosh floppy disks, people probably thought he was crazy.

15.   A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting Avant from selling some software, which the company says it had discontinued in any event.

16.   A third offered an opportunity to invest alongside the original backers of Microsoft and Intel in a new venture that would sell software to operate Web sites.

17.   A veritable explosion of firms selling software ensued.

18.   Adobe, the leading maker of publishing software, plans to sell software to let companies format documents especially for the Internet.

19.   Adobe Illustrator software is sold by Adobe while Aldus markets Freehand.

20.   Also, he said the company expects to get even fewer phone calls as it increasingly charges some customers for support and sells more software on the Internet.