The firm had to face some sharp practice from competing companies.

公司不得不面对竞争对手们的小动作。

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However, in practice, software development organizations that have a firm commitment to quality can actually speed development, reduce costs, and add new features with greater ease.

然而，在实践中，如果软件开发组织对质量有一个坚定的承诺，实际上可以加快开发，减少成本，并更容易地增加新的特性。

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Proving that a firm is pricing below its costs is tricky in practice.

然而在实际操作中，要证明公司的定价低于成本更是陷阱重重。

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Lisa Bloom is a legal analyst for Avvo.com, bestselling author of Think and Swagger and the founder and managing partner of The Bloom Firm, a prominent general practice law firm based in Los Angeles that handles family, civil and criminal matters.

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