Well, okay, perhaps "similar" is not a fair comparison between Intradyn's dirt-cheap product and the well-tested, hugely scalable, professional offerings of EMC.

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Which benchmark do you believe should be used for a fair comparison?

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But Ofcom said it was not a fair comparison.

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But Mr. Diller says that's not a fair comparison for his total compensation for the decade, because the compensation was driven by option gains that reflected strong returns over the earlier periods.

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And I think he's making a fair comparison.

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But EDF's former chief operating officer, Derek Lickorish, now head of the government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, said it was not a fair comparison as French electricity was 80% nuclear while the UK still relied on fossil fuels.

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Is it a fair comparison?

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That is not a completely fair comparison, of course, as growing algae is far more capital intensive, and requires the plants to be force-fed with CO2.

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