1. Josh Balaban CGS 2100 Lab Section 36 Lab Instructor Katie Noland November 17, 2003 Project 2

2. J&J Snack Foods Corp The corporation was purchased in 1971 for $72,100. The company began with 8 employees and sales of $400,000 annually.

3. J&J Snack Foods Corp. Sales in 1998 reached $262 million, and included several other companies that were acquired over the years. In October 2003, J&J joined with Coca- Cola to crew Barg’s Frozen Root Beer & Vanilla Ice Cream Float, which was awarded the “2003 Best New Poduct.

4. J&J Snack Foods Corp Name brands now controlled by J&J include: SuperPretzel Icee Hi-C Frozen Fruit Bars Minute Maid

5. Microsoft Founded in 1975, when Paul Allen and Bill Gates created and sold their first product, a BASIC computer language for the Altair 8800 In 1978, sales topped $1 million

6. Microsoft The first Windows was first announced and shipped in 1985 In 2000, Steve Ballmer becomes the second Chief Executive Officer of, and Bill Gates becomes Chief Software Architect

7. Windows 2003-Year Ended June 30 Revenue$32,187 Operating Income$13,217 Net Income$9,993 Cash & Short-term Investments$49,048 Total Assets$70,571 Stockholders' Equity$61,020 * In millions

8. Borland Software Corporation Founded in 1983. Borland is the leading provider of technology that helps Global 1000 companies develop, deploy, and integrate software applications. Delivering best-in-class solutions dedicated to interoperability, Borland allows enterprises of all sizes to move into Web-based computing while continuing to leverage the benefits of legacy systems. There are more than 1,100 employees worldwide and operations in more than 20 countries.

9. Borland Software Corporation This is a stock chart portraying the past twelve months approximately, ending with today’s closing price of $8.75

10. Borland Software Corporation Borland's customers include AOL, Bank of America, Charles Schwab & Co., Cisco, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Intel, Motorola, Societe Generale, and Telcordia. Borland is dedicated to providing software technology that works across all major computing architectures, Borland has strong business relationships with industry leaders such as Apple, Ericsson, Hitachi, Ltd., Hewlett- Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Netscape, Nokia, Novell, Oracle, SAP, Siemens, and Sun Microsystems.

11. Microsoft Excel Table This table offers information on current prices and trends of each companies shares.

12. Microsoft Excel Chart offering stock comparisons of the three companies