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    What is the most direct way to measure the success of COM? 
    

    
    
      
  • It provides the only currently viable 
      component marketplace, a market currently sized at $410 million dollars 
      just for third party components
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  • This number excludes
    Microsoft built components and is projected to grow at 65 percent a 
        year
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