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Marin David Condic wrote:
> It wasn't handed to them on a platter. They had to do *something* to 
> satisfy the real needs of their customers or they wouldn't have got as 
> big as they are without a government mandate that everyone must use 
> their product. Hence, it is worth looking at what they *did* do to 
> satisfy their customers.

My point is that you cannot say that the quality of product A is good
because company which produce product A has 90% market share. 


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 So who am I to judge.�
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