After a year in which IBM and HP threw everything they could at us, including old products with new names and new products with 'super' names, we still took market share away from them, ... This time we're tearing into what those re-branded mainframe makers thought was their safe haven -- continuous up time, round-the-clock availability, and investment protection -- and bringing it to customers who understand the value of a dollar.
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