The language industries may finally have exorcised the ghost of dot.coms past when e-translate changed its name to Convey Software and eliminated its multiple, previously ill-defined missions which had been backed by nearly US$ 80 million in venture capital. From now on Convey, headed by a no-nonsense executive with a South Dakota accent, will be selling globalization software. During a recent interview in Washington DC, she talked about how much spending was passed off as economic activity. When she took over, she let go 45 people in the San Francisco headquarters and closed all international offices. No word was given as to the fate of the corporate cat mascot that used to be mentioned in recruitment ads.