Microsoft is hated chiefly because it represents the opposite model, proprietary software, and because its operating system, Windows, is the main rival to Linux, the best-known open-source software today.
They rival the best results we've had for any form of cancer therapy.
While these are just two examples, they are part of a much larger movement taking place in government, as more organizations embrace consumer-centric services and technologies that rival the best in the consumer world.
Andersson had the idea to record Second Best To None last September at the Hotel Rival's fifth birthday party, where the workforce had gathered.
Now, it needs to recognize that digital content resides on other devices in the home as well, following the best practices of its high-definition gaming rival, the Xbox 360.
"It did not matter if it was wet or dry, the best horse won, " rival trainer D.
An online cash optimizer allows E-Traders, with one click, to see which investment vehicles at E-Trade and rival companies offer the best returns.
When pushed, this newfangled card did manage to best every other rival on the test bench, but not by a wide margin.
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And Booker and Costa-prize winner Hilary Mantel won the literary award for her best-selling novel, Bring Up The Bodies, beating former Booker rival Will Self and debut novelist, Kerry Hudson.
He later extended the good wishes to Mr Nesbitt's rival, John McCallister, saying, "May the best man win".
The best chance to defeat Busch appeared to come from Kasey Kahne, who pressured his JGR rival on the restart after the fourth caution period.
's Crestor has finally won a blow against Pfizer 's rival Lipitor, the world's best-selling pill.
After years as the also-ran of the cholesterol market, AstraZeneca's Crestor has finally won a blow against Pfizer's rival Lipitor, the world's best-selling pill.
The NRA is planning its own advertising campaign, but despite being one of the best-funded lobby groups in America its spending is unlikely, for the moment at least, to rival that of Mr Bloomberg, he adds.
Add an antagonistic factor: if your product is the best it is always important to have a competitor or rival.
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As his chemists laboured to find the best emulsifiers and flavourings, the world's first non-dairy topping, Delsoy, was creeping from rival nozzles elsewhere in the state.
It conjures up perceptions of a lack of innovation, a level of desperation to be seen to be on equal ground with its rival (cementing the perceptions of being second best).
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For any technology investor with a sense of history nothing could be scarier than seeing the former JDS Uniphase atop the list of this year's best performers, with its old rival Finisar not far behind.
Apple may still have the best-selling smartphone in the world, but the many others powered by rival Google's Android operating system -- and especially those made by Samsung -- far exceed the iPhone.
In the women's 400m, Ohuruogu clocked a season's best 50.21 seconds, but she was well off the pace of old rival Richards, who ran 49.00, the fastest in the world this year.
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Some analysts think sales for Zetia, which would be given with existing blockbusters used to treat high cholesterol, could rival those of the blockbusters themselves, which are among the world's best-selling drugs.
His nearest rival Gaunt went around in 68, while another Aussie Ryan Haller had the best round of the day - a 66 - and is tied for fifth with countryman Stuart Appleby, seven behind Bland.
Before rejoining her team this year, Franklin expressed concern about sucking attention from other girls, only to hear from rival coaches that their girls wanted to share the pool with the world's best.
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With Sally Field as the American Sweetheart who turns into the Queen of Misery, Whoopi Goldberg as her best friend and head writer, Cathy Moriarty as her rival, Robert Downey, Jr.
McCollough will leave the balance of Circuit City's turnaround effort to President PhilipSchoonoverPhilip Schoonover, a former top exec at rival Best Buy.
But the 30-year-old is best known for a shock stoppage win against Harrison's long-term rival and current British champion Danny Williams in 2008.
McCollough will leave the balance of Circuit City's turnaround effort to President Philip Schoonover , a former top exec at rival Best Buy (nyse: BBY - news - people ).
Its rival, Best Buy, has decided to close 50 of its large-format stores in the U.S. in order to save costs.
After giving his best years to the team, he opts for a destination where he's unlikely ever to return as a rival.
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