31.   Levy said major Unix software vendors like Sun Microsystems Inc. were working on patches to repair the bug.

32.   Microsoft and Visa said they would publish specifications to make secure-transaction technology available to other software vendors and card systems.

33.   Murphy said he believed PC manufacturers would continue to see sales growth, as would Microsoft and other software vendors, even if profit margins came down.

34.   Netcom On-Line Communication Services of San Jose is planning to forge partnerships with software vendors, so the Internet service provider can host software rental services.

35.   Of course, the other part of the proposition postulates that there are instrument-makers and software vendors who will pay for slick ads in a glossy magazine.

36.   On the other hand, metering allows companies to buy fewer licenses, which means lower revenues for software vendors.

37.   Rinaldi of First Boston said many software vendors are frustrated by a lack of customers.

38.   Second, because they typically operate with a lean technical staff, such sites tend to rely on one software vendor for security needs.

39.   Schwab blamed the problem on an large, unidentified software vendor, reportedly based in New York.

40.   Spyglass Inc., another Internet software vendor, may be better off because of a licensing agreement it has with Microsoft, analysts said.