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Articles in April, 1990 issue of Software Magazine

• MIS backlog lives on; Sentry survey finds users seeking help - Sentry Market Research's 1990 Software Market Survey
  by Mike Bucken
• Early adopters report architecture has pluses; but technical challenges remain formidable - client-server architectures
  by Bill Braasch
• Expanding LAN Manager: AT&T, HP add LAN OSs for Unix, OS/2, DOS - AT&T and Hewlett-Packard introduce LAN Manager-compatible local area network operating systems - product announcement
  by Jerry Cashin
• Vendors are making the LU 6.2 connection; communications-oriented development tools on the way - software vendors plan product upgrades that facilitate cooperative processing
• A doctor's prescription for hospital info system; Children's builds integrated system atop standards, best of breed packaged products - Dr David M. Margulies is VP of Information Systems at Children's Hospital, Boston
  by John Desmond
• 'Growing' software - a metaphor for incremental software development
  by Glen G. Schmidt
• Network repository proof must await coming products; suppliers slow to respond to network integration demand
  by Paul Korzeniowski
• A Windows Word processor - Software Review - Microsoft Corp's Word for Windows - evaluation
  by Jon Pepper
• IBM looks to protect AD/cycle: quietly restricts RS/6000 Case sales
  by Johanna Ambrosio
• VAX, AS/400 win respect for respective strengths; midrange choice most often relates to heritage; VAX more integrated; AS/400 offers simplicity - Digital Equipment Corp VAX and IBM AS/400 minicomputers
  by Barbara Francett
• Serving two masters: users and programmers; flexibility for users translates to added complexity for developers - graphical user interfaces
  by Allen G. Taylor