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Like [[Dueling Shows]] or [[Dueling Movies]], sometimes two (or more) items in the market are in direct competition of one another. Like always these products have to be in use at the same time, otherwise it's [[Follow the Leader]] or [[Serial Numbers Filed Off]]. Also the [[Console Wars]] and [[Computer Wars]] have their own entries (along with their own [[Dueling Games|dueling category.]]) It was [[So Cool Its Awesome|epic.]]
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| ''I'm A'' Mac || ''And I'm A'' Windows PC. Also, GNU/Linux || Personal computers designed, developed, and marketed to users. Apple was the solution for the novice computer hobbyist that became Mac; IBM wanted a more business-friendly version whose OS became Windows. || Apple has traditionally been the home of designers; when Apple bought [[Next]], it amalgamated a UNIX core. Microsoft's MS-DOS and Windows were designed for use in businesses, and later, in homes. GNU/Linux (originally just GNU) was developed as a free (as in freedom, not necessarily as in price) replacement for the most widely used (at the time) OS in academia and businesses--UNIX. It later developed as the free OS par excellence with POSIX compatibility a major design feature. || Technically ongoing, but Windows still has upwards to 90% market share between all versions, while the Mac usually hovers around the 7% mark. GNU/Linux accounts for 1-2% of the desktops, but most of the servers and supercomputers
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| Axe/Lynx || Tag || Body sprays that have had a lot of success marketing to young men and teenagers. || [[Sex for Product|"You'll get laid]] [[Blatant Lies|if you spray this on".]] || No winners yet. Only losers who use these products as a replacement for showering (though Axe has more exposure, no pun intended).
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| LaserDisc || Video CD; [[Capacitance Electronic Disc]] || Early disc-based video systems. || LaserDisc hit the market first, and used humongous discs with an analogue data format. CED arrived a few years later (despite having been in development for longer than LaserDisc) and was basically a phonographic disc with video and a protective plastic cover. Video CD was the last to hit, boasting the smallest discs and digital technology, but also had the lowest picture quality (worse than VHS, in fact). || None of the formats ever became particularly popular outside of the A/V enthusiast market, though LaserDisc was the most successful overall ([[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|especially in Japan]]). CED crashed and burned pretty hard, losing developers RCA nearly a '''billion''' dollars and contributing to the demise of the company in 1986. Video CD never became especially successful outside of a few niche applications (and in Asian countries other than Japan), but its [[Spiritual Successor]], DVD would finally achieve mass-market popularity.
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| [[Steam]] || Direct2Drive, Impulse, Origin (formerly EA Store), Games for Windows Live marketplace, many others. || Internet-based game delivery and content management systems. || Steam was the brainchild of Valve, Direct2Drive was created by IGN, Impulse was founded by Stardock, Origin is run by EA, and Games for Windows Live marketplace, unsurprisingly, is run by [[Microsoft]]. || Steam benefited from having a [[Killer App]] in the form of ''[[Half-Life 2]]'', and currently holds a commanding lead. Direct2Drive and Impulse squabble over who is in a decent second place (due to conflicting reports on their own share), and the other services scrap it out over the remaining marketshare. While the Games for Windows Live marketplace ''was'' predicted to be the Next Big Thing, it ended up being loathed by many gamers, partly for technical issues and being not nearly as well-designed or seamless as Steam, and it has been losing considerable support. Recently EA has been aggressively marketing its new Origin service, to the point of ceasing Steam distribution; early response from gamers has been lackluster, but its [[Killer App]] ''[[Mass Effect]] 3'' could make it successful.
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| [[Xbox Live Arcade]] || Playstation Store, [[Wii Ware]] Marketplace || "Casual gaming" marketplaces for home gaming consoles. || Xbox Live Arcade debuted on the original Xbox, but really took off with the [[Xbox 360]]. The other two debuted on the [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Wii]] respectively, and later expanded their range to include the [[
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| Kindle || Nook || E-book readers, which are tablet-like devices that display digital versions of books in a smaller, water-resistant form. || Amazon came out with their Kindle back in 2007, while Barnes & Noble's Nook came out two years later. || Hard to tell at this point, but the Kindle seems to have more exposure.
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