1.   A first step must be to restrict any military hardware sales to defensive weapons.

2.   So they often set up subsidiaries, which earned maintenance revenues on the back of mainstream hardware sales.

3.   Analysts said such a deal would move Hewlett-Packard rapidly down the strategic path of less dependence on hardware sales, following the lead of rivals like IBM.

4.   Beebe spoke enthusiastically of the impact of computer hardware sales on wage inflation and growth of the gross domestic product.

5.   Competition and the spread of low-cost microprocessor technology to computers of all kinds has eroded its hardware sales, traditionally dependent on big mainframe machines.

6.   Despite its shift to software and services in recent years, IBM remains dependent on hardware sales.

7.   EMC is also using software packages to protect hardware sales and prices by making their equipment more productive.

8.   Hardware sales at its stores have increased from last year, McGowan said.

9.   Hardware sales were led by the personal computer division, which continued a turnaround that has seen it gain market share against its rival Compaq Computer in recent quarters.

10.   Hardware sales still dwarf software revenue at EMC.