1.   If demand for its Microsoft based Intel Corp desktops encourage independent software vendors sufficiently development of a MicroSparc-based desktop will be considered.

2.   Independent software vendors who have developer kits say knowing Windows programming makes migration relatively straight forward.

3.   Some independent software vendors have gone further.

4.   The enticement to independent software vendors is the range of stable Sparc systems from laptops to supercomputers coming to Market.

5.   And HBOC, a fast-growing software vendor and a high-flying stock on Wall Street, seemed to fit the bill.

6.   And the developers of these tools want to distribute their products over the Internet rather than through retail channels that favor large, existing software vendors like Microsoft.

7.   And these digital delinquents do not settle for games or popular utility programs, the software vendors say.

8.   Angara E-Commerce Services, a software vendor, is using many of the techniques of the ad networks to gather data about Web users.

9.   Believing there is no cry for better security, software vendors simply ignore the issue, he says.

10.   Beyond ultra-fast speed, the Pentium III also brings a whole bunch of new instructions that software vendors can use in their products.