Novell prospered by selling networking software to link up computers and enable group-working. Yet the firm failed to keep up with its rivals, chiefly Microsoft and IBM.

Novell依靠销售连接计算机并实现群组工作的网络软件获得成功，可是最终却被它的对手(主要是微软和IBM)甩到了后面。

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The counterfeiters, however, have automated systems that replace links that Microsoft deep-sixes. So the company has turned up the dial on its link-removal machine.

然而盗版者已经将替换被微软摧毁的链接的系统自动化了。所以该公司已经出现了拨号接入其连接移除机器的情况。

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Shares of ARM Holdings soared by 10% in London this morning after Microsoft confirmed its long-awaited link up with the British chip designer.

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