The practice nights on Tuesday 13 May and Thursday 15 May wil again be streamed live on the internet and Radio Ulster MW will have live commentary on the final practice on Thursday night.

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Even if the market is dominated by a single platform, that market share will be shared among several companies that build products using that platform, who wil compete with each other to produce enhancements to the underlying, shared code.

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