Before Microsoft came along, there really was no software industry was just a few companies selling very high-priced software only to companies, big companies.

微软成立之前并没有真正的软件业，只有几家公司向另外一些大公司以高昂价格销售软件而已。

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Before Microsoft came along, there really was no software industry. It was just a few companies selling very high-priced software only to companies, big companies.

微软成立之前并没有真正的软件业，只有几家公司向另外一些大公司以高昂价格销售软件而已。

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She makes a big profit from selling waste material to textile companies.

她把废材料卖给纺织公司，她赚了一大笔钱。

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But it had only five people selling to big companies, which put it at a crushing disadvantage to the giants.

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