It bought it major direct competitor, Flexcar, in 2007.

2007年，它收购了主要直接竞争对手Flexcar。

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This scenario is a more traditional model to replace Windows - with a direct competitor, instead of creating a web-based replacement.

这一设想是取代Windows的比较传统的模式——作为一个直接的竞争者，而不是创建一个基于Web的替代品。

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Ford fears it could be handing over that technology to a company that is expected to become a direct competitor in Europe and North America.

福特担心它可能会把这些技术移交给一个预计将成为其在欧洲和北美市场直接竞争对手的公司。

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The HP Cloud is based on OpenStack and is a direct competitor to Amazon Web Services.

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You can lose, win or draw but if you lose against your direct competitor it is painful.

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But articles like this position Flash as an apples-to-apples direct competitor to HTML5, when in fact, they are complementary.

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