21.   NeXT failed at that and eventually got rid of its hardware business and scaled back to focus only on software.

22.   On top of all that, the company has made a heavy commitment to the computer hardware business which has proved unprofitable.

23.   Parts of its computer hardware businesses lagged, though.

24.   Q. Years ago, Bill Gates said Microsoft would never get into the hardware business.

25.   Sega apparently wants out of the hardware business, which it sees as unprofitable, sources added.

26.   Rob Enderle, a research fellow Giga Information Group, said the hardware business may also be a victim of its own success.

27.   Still, other parts of the hardware business suffered badly.

28.   Still, revenue and profit rose at its computer hardware business, driven by sales of its ClearPath server systems, the company said.

29.   The hardware services business, which helps run and manage networks, workstations and computers, plans to change its name to CV Services International Inc.

30.   The original computer storage hardware business that built EMC into a giant is under constant pricing pressure.