He has been shy about specifics but shedding underperformers like the electronics testing and chemical analysis businesses would free up management to concentrate on high-growth, high-profit areas like printers, software and its recordable CD-ROM product.

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One thing that separates the MyDitto from the competition, though, is what it doesn't come with, namely, a CD-ROM for loading any software.

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Concealed in a plastic security carton on a poorly lit section of shelving, somewhere between Random Accountancy Software and Pass Your Driving Test on CD-ROM.

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