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<p>and <a href="page.php?w=Precisely_%28company%29">Precisely</a>; former competitors include <a href="page.php?w=Compuware">Compuware</a> and <a href="page.php?w=CA_Technologies">CA Technologies</a>.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>Several manufacturers and their successors produced mainframe computers from the 1950s until the early 21st century, with gradually decreasing numbers and a gradual transition to simulation on Intel chips rather than proprietary hardware. The US group of manufacturers was first known as "<a href="page.php?w=BUNCH">IBM and the Seven Dwarfs</a>":</p><p>
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