Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and he shut up. - Douglas Adams

WFT-II was the only British software company that could be mentioned in the same sentence as such major U.S. companies as Microsoft or Lotus. The sentence would probably run along the lines of "WFT-II, unlike such major U.S. companies as Microsoft or Lotus ..." but it was a start.

Deep in the rain forest it was doing what it usually does in rain forests, which was raining: hence the name.

"Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means."