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We are seeing an emergence of growth in volume servers, particularly x86 products, with enterprises moving to smaller systems that can be tied together. The beneficiaries are Windows and Linux, both of which have a momentum in the x86 platform.

We are proud that, with the introduction of this new truck, we have achieved Sterling's vision of being a full-line provider of vocational trucks. Not only is this a logical next step in the growth of the company, but it also provides a platform for future product introductions.

We are proud of our success in 2005 and the momentum and market traction we have achieved. 8e6's strategy has been to listen to our customers, fund ongoing R&D efforts, and continue to deliver leading products that keep pace with the world and the ever-increasing threats that face us today. We look forward to continuing this level of growth in 2006.

We are pretty confident that the usability and visual enhancements to the Linux desktop will fuel more growth in this market. We think this should give customers more choice and confidence to begin integrating open solutions.

We are poised for dramatic growth over the next five years across our business. Our planned acquisition of Hughes Supply is a great example of how we are rapidly replicating in the professional market the same type of transformation that we brought to the home improvement retail market.

We are poised for breaking away from our competitors in the food industry, ... This strategic growth plan is designed to vault our company into the ranks of the world's renowned consumer goods companies, in terms of financial profile and market multiple.

We are pleased with the strong earnings growth and ROE (return on equity) of 23.9% in the first quarter.

We are pleased with the sales and profit growth we have generated across all of our trading blocs. We have also started to see success from our commitment to innovation and the recent introduction of new products that have resulted from that strategy.

We are pleased with the results of the quarter, particularly our ability to achieve revenue growth in what is usually a sequentially down quarter in our industry.

We believe that online investing is going to be one of the highest growth business segments of the next decade.