Japanese companies have a similar grip on, for example, bonding material for integrated circuit packages and the lithography machines (called steppers) to make LCD panels.

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After almost a minute, the track brings in a clipped horn section and a fleet, rapid beat, a bit like Chicago Steppers music blended with Earth, Wind and Fire.

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And I believe those customers are quickly going to embrace the idea that there are two very distinct categories of cloud-services providers: the half-steppers that want to keep the old-fashioned burden of component-level buying and building on the shoulders of customers, and the new generation of full-service cloud providers who deliver complete and optimized cloud stacks.

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