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To: David Lawrence who wrote (7473)	10/24/1997 11:31:00 AM
From: Rob L.	Respond to of 22053

David, JBIL's PE is now 21 with a growth rate of 30%. Is SCI better than that?

To: David Lawrence who wrote (7473)	10/24/1997 3:33:00 PM
From: Moonray	Respond to of 22053

September software sales revenue up 21.5 percent September software revenue increased 21.5 percent over the same month a year ago to nearly a quarter of a million dollars, according to audited sales figures released by PC Data, a market research company based here. PC Data estimates its audited sales data reflect 70 percent of total retail software sales. Educational software showed the biggest unit-sales gain, with the back-to-school season stimulating a 37.9 percent increase. Game and business software sales showed larger dollar gains of $8.8 million and $21.6 million, respectively. Overall software unit sales rose 29.2 percent in September to reach nearly 6 million, with educational software unit sales jumping 49.3 percent, selling 1.17 million units. Game software sales topped 2 million units on the strength of a 27.5 percent sales gain, and business software approached 1.5 million units on a 24.6 percent boost compared with September 1996. Every category except reference showed double-digit increases over September 1996: personal-productivity software sales revenue was up 18.1 percent, or $3.4 million, to hit $22.4 million, and finance software rose 22.5 percent, or $1.7 million, to hit $9.2 million. September software sales also gained 13.3 percent in revenue and 10.1 percent in unit sales over the prior month. Category revenue growth from August to September this year were as follows: business (10.5 percent), education (14.4 percent), finance (17.6 percent), games (14.1 percent), personal productivity (20.7 percent) and reference (32.2 percent). o~~~ O