COMPUTERS: SILICON CZARS With players like Microsoft, Dell, Compaq, and Cisco, it's no surprise that the computer industry dominates the top 10 slots in the BUSINESS WEEK 50. Superfast growers all, each sits atop the niche it has carved out in one of the most dynamic industries on the globe. Lean manufacturing and low-cost direct sales have made Dell a dynamo in personal computer manufacturing, while Microsoft's continuing ability to reinvent itself, and its software, have made it the 800-pound gorilla rivals love to hate.

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