For those interested in the simulation software, you can find a survey paper in the OR/MS Today, August 1995 issue -- "Simulation Survey: Tools for Process Understanding and Improvement". You can find the previous and current issues of OR/MS Today at the Dewey library.
You can also find a linear programming software survey from the OR/MS Today Online Archive.
Check out the 1995 Resource Directory - a comprehensive guide to the software vendors and publishers serving the OR/MS community. Close to 200 software suppliers are listed in nearly two dozen categories (simulation, forecasting, linear programming, etc.).