Because of the market success of the NES, companies chose to develop for it first and were thus barred from developing the same games on competing systems for two years.

Because Ethernet was able to adapt to market realities and shift to inexpensive and ubiquitous twisted pair wiring, these proprietary protocols soon found themselves competing in a market inundated by Ethernet products and by the end of the 1980s, Ethernet was clearly the dominant network technology.

Because of the network effect, new IM users gained much more value by choosing to use the Mirabilis system ( and join its large network of users ) than they would using a competing system.

* Because of the verbose XML format, SOAP can be considerably slower than competing middleware technologies such as CORBA or ICE.

Because of anger over the decision to hold a second successive World Cup in Europe, neither Uruguay nor Argentina entered the competition, while Spain became the first country to be prevented from competing by war.

Because of competing national interest, nations had the desire for increased world power through their colonial empires.

Because the N character in Morse code requires less time to send than the 9, during amateur radio contests where the competing amateur radio stations are all using Morse code, the nines in the RST are typically abbreviated to N to read 5NN.

Because Romans had never been obligated to cultivate one god or one cult only, religious tolerance was not an issue in the sense that it is for competing monotheistic systems.

Because Romans had never been obligated to cultivate one god or one cult only, religious tolerance was not an issue in the sense that it is for competing monotheistic systems.

Because the multinational corporation is able to choose between a wide range of underdeveloped or depressed nations in setting up overseas factories, and most of these countries do not have limited governments, bidding wars ( or ' races to the bottom ') sometimes erupt between competing governments.

Because there is little to choose between brands, price is the main competing factor.

Because many NCs did not use Intel CPUs or Microsoft software, Microsoft and Intel developed a competing standard called NetPC.

Because of its hardness, it is useful for high-pressure experiments ( e. g., using diamond anvil cell ) competing there with diamond.

Because of Colonel Cathcart's competing attitude of increasing the missions every time the men meet the requirement, pilots with successful fruition grovel for Doc Daneeka to allow them grounding.

Because this part of the spectrum is heavily used for broadcasting and multiple competing uses, spectrum management has become an important activity of governments to regulate radio users in the interests of efficient and non-interfering use of radio.

Because EasyPath devices are identical to the FPGAs that customers are already using, the parts can be produced faster and more reliably from the time they are ordered compared to similar competing programs.

Because, at one time, there were two competing lumber companies in the area, an elevated timber slide was built to divert one company's logs from the Black River over the Pic River, which was used to transport the logs of the other company.

Because of the long hiatus a large proportion of players competing in the 1921 match were earning their first cap for the team.

Because the local Muslim troops had been among Franco's earliest supporters, the protectorate enjoyed more political freedom than Franco-era Spain proper after Franco's victory, with competing political parties and a Moroccan nationalist press, criticizing the Spanish government.

Because of lawsuits filed by various competing railroads, the merger was not approved until September 13, 1982.

Because of its strategic position, it has been important to competing forces through much of its history of occupation.

Because this approach prevents other people in the organization from contributing in a meaningful manner and alternative or competing projects to address the project's goals are destroyed regardless of their merit, the company suffers as a whole, projects fail, and the goals of the project are achieved partially, inadequately, or not at all.

Because of lawsuits filed by competing railroads, the merger was not approved until September 13, 1982.

Because he is barred from competing at the meet, Denton comes up with a plan to disguise him as a Finnish runner attending a nonexistent university in Ohio.

Because no national economy in existence fully manifests the ideal of a free market as theorized by economists, some critics of the concept consider it to be a fantasy – outside of the bounds of reality in a complex system with opposing interests and different distributions of wealth.

Because automotive trade associations were the best organized, many of the positions taken by the conferences reflected their interests.

Because wealth was imbedded in movable property, refuge was tolerated by neighbouring Shaikhs, and Britain intervened only when important interests were at stake, secession was an effective merchant tactic.

Liana Bortolon, writing in 1967, said: " Because of the multiplicity of interests that spurred him to pursue every field of knowledge ... Leonardo can be considered, quite rightly, to have been the universal genius par excellence, and with all the disquieting overtones inherent in that term.

Because most candidates are predicted to achieve top grades at A level, interviews are usually used to check whether the course is well suited to the applicant's interests and aptitudes, and to look for evidence of self-motivation, independent thinking, academic potential and ability to learn through the tutorial system.

Because the political franchise at the start of the revolution was relatively narrow, the original " Left " represented mainly the interests of the bourgeoisie, the rising capitalist class ( with notable exceptions such as the proto-communist Gracchus Babeuf ).

Because of the Alawite composition of the Syrian armed forces, its interests are closely aligned with those of President Bashar al-Assad and the Assad family.

Because of the way these activities structure the economic framework, Habermas felt that the state cannot be looked at as passively responding to economic class interests.

Because they may be managed and controlled by nonresidents, their interests may conflict in fundamental respects with the interests of eligible voters.

Because of these scripts, gluttony can be interpreted as selfishness ; essentially placing concern with one's own interests above the well-being or interests of others.

On 14 September 2011, Liberal Premier Barry O ' Farrell announced that he had recommended to the Queen that Bashir's term be extended for another two years to 2014, which had been accepted: " Over the past 10 years the Governor's caring nature, her genuine interest in local communities and her extraordinary work rate have endeared her to people everywhere ... Because of her diverse background, career and interests, Professor Bashir has given a historic and important post a contemporary relevance and resonance.

Because the intended result of the process is to produce a landscape, rather than a mathematical function, processes are frequently applied to such landscapes that may affect the stationarity and even the overall fractal behavior of such a surface, in the interests of producing a more convincing landscape.

After many of Comptroller Saxon ’ s decisions granting national banks greater powers had been challenged, commercial banking firms had been able to expand their non-securities activities through the “ one bank holding company .” Because the Bank Holding Company Act only limited nonbanking activities of companies that owned two or more commercial banks, “ one bank holding companies ” could own interests in any type of company other than securities firms covered by Glass-Steagall Section 20.

Because of the diversity of aims among the allies, St John was induced to enter into separate and secret negotiations with France for the security of English interests.

Because he was seen to represent highly partisan interests, many of Jiang's factional opponents in party prevented Zeng from joining the Politburo as a full member for years.

Because of this change of loyalties away from Labour, his many business interests and, much later, his support for the Social Democratic Party ( UK ), the ' Floorcross ' nickname in the end rang true.

Because of the short period and the fervor in which the provinces declared independence from the Qing Court, Yuan Shikai felt that it was in his best interests to negotiate with the Revolutionaries.

Because the MDGs were agreed as global targets to be achieved by the global community, they are independent of, but by no means unrelated to, individual national interests.

Because curriculum decisions are based on developmental and sociocultural concerns, small groups of children of varying abilities and interests, including those with special needs, work together on projects.

Because of the vested economic interests entrenched in the various bowl games, the longer regular season compared to lower divisions of college football, and a desire not to have college players play several rounds of playoff games during final exams and winter recess, the Division I Bowl Subdivision has never instituted a playoff tournament to determine an annual national champion.

Because of this threat, the bourgeoisie in third world countries will willingly subjugate themselves to national and capitalist interests in order to prevent a proletarian uprising.

Thomas wrote that the Court's rationale would also require due process rights for bombing targets: " Because a decision to bomb a particular target might extinguish life interests, the plurality ’ s analysis seems to require notice to potential targets.