41.   And both IBM and the banks, for different reasons, see threats in the rise of software companies like Microsoft and Intuit.

42.   And employees at Complimentary Solutions, a software company, will celebrate the season at a covered-dish gathering the Thursday before Christmas.

43.   And just about every software company has a Web page to advertise and even sell its products.

44.   And online services, software companies and popular Web sites are getting ready to incorporate Java technology.

45.   And Oracle, the Redwood Shores software company, will surround itself with images of revolutions past to promote itself as the company poised to lead the information revolution.

46.   And Oracle Corp., the software company, is considering chatterbot applications for internal help systems.

47.   And second, an agreement with Blue Martini, an e-commerce software company, to provide technology that will change how the site interacts with customers.

48.   And software companies are increasingly releasing titles that teach everything from Spanish to Japanese.

49.   And software companies that have started selling their own products online, like Symantec, also report far higher losses than with traditional mail and telephone orders.

50.   And none of them are from major software companies.