A survey of 1,000 MA software companies finds an increasing emphasis on localization for foreign sales. Companies with revenues above $10M average 20-23% of that from overseas. Companies are also shifting to electronic distribution and to pricing by site or by concurrent users rather than by host or operating system. Free support is seldom included. [IDG. William Brandel, Computerworld, 10/30/94.]

The Object Management Group (OMG) has chosen TCP/IP as its base networking protocol for object request brokers. [Jean S. Bozman, CW, 10/24/94, p. 16.] Bridging mechanisms will be provided for OSF's DCE remote procedure calls, and the two protocols are likely to get equal treatment. [Mary Jo Foley, PC Week, 11/1/94.]

To track down source code on the net, get the finding-sources FAQ from the comp.sources.wanted archive on rtfm.mit.edu, or post a message to send-finding-sources-faq@sparky.sterling.com. [Kent Landfield (kent_landfield@sterling.com), comp.answers, 10/17/94.]

The Used Software Exchange (USX) offers searchable classified ads at no charge to buyers or sellers. Point your forms-capable browser to http://www.hyperion.com/usx/. [Steven Grimm (usx@hyperion.com), net-hap, 10/15/94. Bill Park.] (If you're not on the Web, try the misc.forsale.* newsgroups.)