31.   Like many high-technology companies, the software maker uses stock options rather than big cash salaries to compensate many employees.

32.   Miles realized that cigarette makers could no longer use their brand strength to command ever-higher price premiums.

33.   Most other PC makers use Intel Corp. chips and software from Microsoft Corp.

34.   Nearly every computer maker must use Intel chips to manufacture its machines.

35.   Most other personal computer makers use Intel Corp. chips and software from Microsoft Corp., a standard set by IBM.

36.   Now every Pocket PC maker uses the same reflective TFT technology, which looks spectacular both indoors and in direct sunlight.

37.   Other makers have used larger amounts as a substitute for asbestos.

38.   Other PC makers have used the term, but NEC says the Versa TXi is part of a new class of ultraportable laptops that includes a modular bay.

39.   Plastics makers could use other compounds to soften polyvinyl chloride, but forcing the industry to switch to those chemicals would drive up costs.

40.   Several executives said tire makers use such equipment in plants only sporadically because it is too expensive to test every tire.