Platinum Software Corp.: The Irvine financial software...

Platinum Software Corp.: The Irvine financial software company posted a first-quarter profit of $1.5 million, or 11 cents a share, compared with net income of $263,000, or 3 cents a share, for the like period last fiscal year. Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30 rose to $15.5 million from $6 million.