1.   The mainframe business has been affected, too, but only indirectly ... so far.

2.   And customers were more likely to stick with the one company that defined the mainframe business -- IBM.

3.   By the time the government finally dropped the case, the mainframe business had become static as sales of personal computers took off.

4.   Having seen its mainframe business weaken, Legent also hoped to secure its future by selling client-server tools.

5.   Hitachi was going to put IBM out of the mainframe business.

6.   Its heavily marketed efforts to diversify out of the mainframe business have been a painful failure, former employees and customers say.

7.   Then, the company was in deep trouble, its mainstay mainframe business slipping badly, and its profits and competitiveness sliding as well.

8.   Unisys has struggled for years to make the switch from the shrinking mainframe computer business to more profitable operations selling hardware and consulting services for personal computers.

9.   BMC Software cited weakness in its mainframe business at the end of the quarter.