Tech/Hardware Company Elimination Game

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Nintendo 12(+)
nVidia 11
Panasonic 11
Samsung 10
IBM 10
Intel 10
Red Hat 9
Acer 9
Apple 8
Google 8
Sanyo 8
AMD/ATI 8
Texas Instrumental 7
Toshiba 7
HP 7
Dell 6
Sony 6(-)

Elminated: Microsoft

But why Microsoft so soon?