[tehwebguy]

I like your analogy, I usually use a slightly different pizza restaurant analogy. In my town there are all sorts of places to get pizza:

- 1: Domino's, Pizza Hut, Papa John's

- 2: Little Cesars

- 3: Mom & Pop shops selling ~$5 pizzas

All three types offer pizza (not identical, but still) and seem to coexist just fine but their strategies are pretty different: 1 & 2 spend millions on national campaigns, 1 & 3 offer delivery, 2 & 3 have really cheap pizzas, etc.

I think the takeaway is that product alone isn't enough, you also need a solid strategy to take a place in the market.