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Articles in Oct, 1988 issue of Software Magazine

• Texas hunts virus villains; first defendant charged with sabotage - Donald Gene Burleson
  by Steve Polilli
• Not cannibalism, but coexistence with Case; Case vendors form alliances with established 4GL players - fourth-generation languages, computer-aided software engineering
  by Lori Weitz
• OSF: force of users - Open Software Foundation - analysis of the aims and objectives of the OSF - column
  by Jerry Cashin
• DEC alters Unix plan for OSF; infighting among Unix factions dissipates - includes related article on Open Software Foundation members and on the X-Open test suite - Digital Equipment Corp
  by Mike Bucken
• Working toward cost, resource management; the functions are complex to build, meanwhile, suppliers focus on support - includes related articles on connectivity and project management
  by Harvey A. Levine
• Watch these five key trends in micro-mainframe links; in LAN architecture, a single server link will prevail over point-to-point
  by Larry R. DeBoever
• Multitasking is here; major firms are using Quarterdeck's solution - Quarterdeck Office Systems Desqview
  by Edith Meyers
• M&D, DEC eye IBM turf; DEC's Giordano lauds Millennium for VAX - McCormack & Dodge, Rose Ann Giordano
  by Mike Bucken
• DBMS rivalry extends; RTI, Oracle offer workstation tools - database management system, Relational Technology Inc - product announcement
  by Hal Glatzer
• ULANA: new name in networking; government's LAN blueprint is based on commercially available products - Unified Local Area Network Architecture
  by Jerry Cashin
• Prevailing view of LAN security: lots of talk - includes related article on control of local area networks by MIS departments vs control by end users
  by Johanna Ambrosio
• Candle gets mileage from MVS mysteries; strength of Omegamon MVS performance tool has vaulted firm to $100 million in sales - Candle Corporation of America - company profile
  by John Desmond
• Where will you be when the lights go out? Complexity of systems, shortage of personnel, and distributed computing all drive R&D efforts
  by David C. Thewlis
• 'Agenda': free-form database - from Lotus Development Corp - product announcement
  by Jon Pepper