Within the company's computer business, orders rose 28 percent, to $6.4 billion.

"What if I wanted to get into the computer business?"

He was the top finance officer for the company's personal computer business in the early 1980's.

Over all, the computer business was up 25 percent last year.

And there is a very good example of this puzzle to be found in the computer business.

The marriage of products is the company's first hope for participating in the personal computer business.

The industry leaders have failed to gain support even from others in the personal computer business.

Two years ago, the companies in the personal computer business were talking about growth rates of 5 to 10 percent a year.

And that meant he couldn't mention the computer business either.

"At the annual meeting, you had critics on the floor who tried to make an issue of your computer businesses."