D. Edwards, a rival business software maker.
The giant software maker fell $3.69, to $67.
Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, gained $1.03, to $55.80.
The exhibition is sponsored by Symantec, the antivirus software maker.
Commerce One Inc., an Internet software maker, agreed to buy Exterprise Inc., another software maker, for $78 million.
[C4.] Software Maker Shuts Down The software maker NetObjects Inc., 48percentt owned by I.B.M., said that it had shut down operations.
[Page C2.] Software Maker Files Chapter 11 Peregrine Systems, a business software maker, said it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The third quarter will be the fifth consecutive quarter of declining sales for the software maker.
Mrs. O'Gorman, 36, is a senior account executive at Inovis, a software maker in New York.
Shares of Canadian software maker Corel slid 2percentt in their stock market debut Wednesday.
The software maker announced the event — and the release date — in an invitation to journalists yesterday.
