Mike,
  Here are some things you can compare between PTEC & SYSF.
  Phoenix Delivers a  Series of Technology Firsts at Fall COMDEX; Company Demonstrates  Continued Market Leadership with Key Enabling Technologies 
      Comdex Booth L-152
      SANTA CLARA, Calif.--November 12, 1996--Phoenix  Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PTEC), the world's largest supplier of  system level software for PCs, announces a series of technology  firsts that it will demonstrate at Fall COMDEX, November 18-22, in  Las Vegas.      Phoenix Technologies is exhibiting in the Las Vegas Convention  Center -- Booth L-152, and will demonstrate the following Phoenix  Firsts: 
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      -- First to demonstrate its Portable Suite for Windows NT 4.0.   Phoenix will demonstrate PowerPanel 2.0 -- power management for NT  4.0, BatteryScope 2.0 -- smart battery support for Windows NT, and  PhoenixCard Executive -- PC Card services for NT 4.0.       -- First to deliver PhoenixBIOS 4.0 - Release 6: This is the next generation of system enabling software from Phoenix Technologies.  It includes: full support for USB, SMART disk drive capability, SIMM  remapping, advanced power management, 24 Hour PC mode, Desktop  Management Interface (DMI), and flashable BIOS support.       -- First to deliver standards-based bootable High Capacity  Removable Media (HCRM).  This technology, called Multiboot III,  enables PCs to boot from LS-120, magneto optical (MO), Zip drives and other devices as an A:\ or C:\ drive.  It also has the ability to  prioritize the boot order for all of the different bootable devices.     -- First to deliver ActiveHelp/First Aid 97 for OEMs --  self-healing PC technology from its partnership with CyberMedia Inc.     -- First to show ActiveHelp/Oil Change for OEMs -- automatic  Internet-based software update technology from its partnership with  CyberMedia Inc.       -- First to demonstrate USBWorks -- an easy-to-use Windows 95  utility for Universal Serial Bus, that provides application launch on device plug-in, traffic analysis, power monitoring, device status,  and enables other key USB features.       -- First to show Infrared support from its PICO group for the  hand-held appliance market.  The PicoRay family of high speed  infrared software products provide wireless data transfer  capabilities at speeds up to 4Mbit/sec. -- complying with the new  IrDA (Infrared Data Association) standard.  
  Lots of FIRST here!
  Marc |