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...addition to its rapid growth, the personal-computer software industry lures both big and small companies because of its huge profit margins. Programs that cost only $5 or $10 to make can sell at retail for up to $700 or more. The most expensive is believed to be Micro-scan II, a stock-analysis program that costs $6,250 for a year's subscription, which includes periodic market updating...
...biological safety officer of the EHS, Lynn Harding handles jobs ranging from monitoring research of recombinant DNA and gene-splicing to supervising the removal of micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi from any University buildings. Harding's group implements the safety guidelines set by Harvard's bio-safety committee on genetic research, but it does not make any ethical decisions. "These issues haven't really come into play yet, but there may be a day when this will affect us." she notes...
...steelmaker. And the pitfalls will be just as deep for high-tech managers as for those in old-line industries. High tech is no passport to business success. Digital Equipment Corp. is a leader in the minicomputer business, but it is now having to run to catch up in micro computers. Xerox pioneered office copy machines, but it has had trouble finding a niche in the office automation market. Southern Biotech was a promising firm in the surging field of genetic engineering, but it filed for bankruptcy after three years in business and a failed research program...
...micro owners are finding other uses for their machines
...Roper survey, which phrased its poll questions somewhat differently, found that 75% of those interviewed in homes with computers used them for both video-game playing and calculations. In the 18-to-29 age category, 25% expressed interest in using a micro. That percentage dropped to 16% in the 30-to-44 bracket; to 9% with the 45-to-59 crowd; and to a minuscule 3% among the over-60 generation. Similarly, disapproval of personal computers rose with age: 28% in the 18-to-29 group, and all the way up to 87% for those 60 and older...