Byte and Switch: But as you said earlier, you have 70-plus percent market share in the midrange tape drive market. So you do have a lot of clout in this particular sector.
Nelson: IBM is one of our competitors, and so is HP. If we were just competing against Exabyte, it might be different... but this market is very competitive.
Byte and Switch: A question on headcount. You've had some layoffs in the last year. Is 3,000 the right number going forward?
Brown: Yeah, we've had layoffs this year to try and get the cost structure in line. Some of that was associated with moving the manufacturing to Penang, Malaysia, from Colorado Springs. I think we've got a good base moving forward.
Byte and Switch: What were the total layoffs you had in the past year?
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