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Rank Company Revenue Net Income 12 Mo. '95 '94 ($ millions) ($ millions) Ended

1 1 MICROSOFT 5,266.0 1,307.0 Dec. 94 Redmond, Wash. 2 2 COMPUTER ASSOCIATES 2,454.7 377.8 Dec. 94 Islandia, N.Y. 3 3 ORACLE 2,377.7 339.3 Nov. 94 Redwood Shores, Calif. 4 4 NOVELL 1,998.1 206.7 Oct. 94 Provo, Utah 5 7 SAP AG 1,100.0 173.5 Dec. 94 Walldorf, Germany 6 5 LOTUS DEVELOPMENT 970.7 (20.9) Dec. 94 Cambridge, Mass. 7 12 SYBASE 693.8 75.2 Dec. 94 Emeryville, Calif. 8 21 ADOBE SYSTEMS 597.8 6.3 Nov. 94 Mountain View, Calif. 9 - COMPUTERVISION 573.6 9.8 Dec. 94 Bedford, Mass. 10 8 SOFTWARE AG 533.0** N/A Dec. 94 Darmstadt, Germany

11 11 LEGENT 509.1 55.0 Dec. 94 Vienna, Va. 12 13 STERLING SOFTW ARE 489.8 (14.1) Dec. 94 Dallas, Texas 13 14 SAS INSTITUTE 482.0 N/A Dec. 94 Cary, N.C. 14 23 COMPUWARE 480.3 59.7 Dec. 94 Farmington Hills, Mich. 15 19 INFORMIX 468.7 66.2 Dec. 94 Menlo Park, Calif. 16 15 AUTODESK 463.2 56.6 Jan. 95 Sausalito, Calif. 17 17 CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS 429.1 36.6 Dec. 94 San Jose, Calif. 18 9 DUN & BRADSTREET SOFTWARE 405.9 N/A Nov. 94 Atlanta, Ga. 19 38 ATTACHMATE 390.0 N/A Dec. 94 Bellevue, Wash. 20 50 INFORMATION RESOURCES 376.6 (8.9) Dec. 94 Waltham, Mass.

21 20 MENTOR GRAPHICS 348.3 27.5 Dec. 94 Wilsonville, Ore. 22 22 SYSTEM SOFTWARE ASSOCIATES 345.4 16.0 Jan. 95 Chicago, Ill. 23 24 BMC SOFTWARE 328.7 69.1 Dec. 94 Houston, Texas 24 25 SYMANTEC 316.2 25.3 Dec. 94 Cupertino, Calif. 25 36 INTUIT* 316.0 (55.0) Jan. 95 Menlo Park, Calif. 26 29 PARAMETRIC TECHNOLOGY 262.8 71.7 Dec. 94 Waltham, Mass. 27 10 BORLAND INTERNATIONAL INC. 254.06 N/A Mar. 95 Scotts Valley, Calif. 28 30 J.D. EDWARDS 240.6 N/A Jan. 95 Denver, Colo. 29 26 INFORMATION BUILDERS 240.0 N/A Dec. 94 New York, N.Y. 30 27 CANDLE 213.0 N/A Dec. 94 Los Angeles, Calif.

31 35 SYNOPSYS 209.8 18.0 Dec. 94 Mountain View, Calif. 32 31 THE SANTA CRUZ OPERATION 190.4 3.4 Dec. 94 Santa Cruz, Calif. 33 33 FILENET 179.7 16.1 Dec. 94 Costa Mesa, Calif. 34 37 MARCAM 175.7 (3.5) Dec. 94 Newton, Mass. 35 - STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS 167.5 (9.0) Dec. 94 RESEARCH Milford, Ohio 36 - ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS 166.0 N/A Dec. 94 RESEARCH INSTITUTE Redlands, Calif. 37 45 COREL 164.3 32.5 Nov. 94 Ottawa, Ontario 38 32 CLARIS 159.7 N/A M arch 95 Santa Clara, Calif. 39 34 CINCOM SYSTEMS 158.0 N/A Dec. 94 Cincinnati, Ohio 40 41 BANYAN SYSTEMS 150.1 5.0 Dec. 94 Westboro, Mass. 41 40 MISYS* 149.4 20.6 Nov. 94 Worcestershire, England

42 48 JBA INTERNATIONAL 145.1 5.9 Dec. 94 Birmingham, England 43 43 BOOLE & BABBAGE 139.3 8.9 Dec. 94 Sunnyvale, Calif. 44 44 PROGRESS SOFTWARE 139.2 14.4 Nov. 94 Bedford, Mass. 45 42 MICRO FOCUS GROUP 138.5 32.5 July 94 Berkshire, England 46 - NETWORK GENERAL 133.9 19.4 Dec. 94 Menlo Park, Calif. 47 - POWERSOFT * 132.6 13 .8 Dec. 94 Burlington, Vt. 48 - SOFTLAB 127.0 N/A Dec. 94 Atlanta, Ga. 49 - BAAN 123.2 N/A Dec .94 Menlo Park, Calif. 50 49 SOFTKEY INTERNATIONAL 121.3 21.1 Dec. 94 Cambridge, Mass. * Does not reflect announced merger of Misys/ACT Group Plc., or Sybase/Powersoft. InformationWeek http://techweb.cmp.com/iwk