Slicing up the pie. (Blowfish).In 2002, Sony SONY Standard Oil of New York (common, but untrue; it's an urban legend) , Fujitsu and NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. continued to dominate domestic desktop computer sales during the end of October through the mid-December year-end sales rush. And because Fujitsu's share was up sharply -- mostly at Sony's expense -- the figures were amazingly similar. The breakdown, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Computer News Co., with 2001 shares shown in parentheses See parenthesis. parentheses - See left parenthesis, right parenthesis. : Sony, 24.73 percent (31.72%); Fujitsu 23.57 percent (17.29), and NEC 23.42 percent (24.80). Other contenders, left to divide just 28.8 percent of the market, included Sotec, Apple and Hitachi. |
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