Basically, we're going to celebrate our area in the shoulder season. Try to bring folks down and have a good time.

Our underlying business experienced distinct improvements, including cash generation, in the current quarter. We continue to be selective with our product mix to maximize our financial results, and we are continuing to capitalize on opportunities that exist in our region, including emerging markets, by offering innovation, differentiation, and speed-to-market advantages to our customers.

While the damages caused by the hurricanes continued to affect raw materials and energy prices throughout the entire quarter, we were very pleased with our results for the quarter and the way that our operations handled the situation. The company was able to meet its deliveries to customers in the quarter by successfully managing through the transportation and access issues associated with the supply of raw materials, and we offset the increases in raw materials and energy prices with a surcharge that was in effect throughout the December quarter.

We put a real premium on schedule. They were able to provide an operating system on the schedule we needed.

We sent a team to the West Coast to meet with [Digital Research], but they weren't interested in working with us.

Distributors would have to service the product themselves and retailers would accommodate the product only if we used non-IBM hardware.