He sighed. "Economics is everything in this world, Sharon, you should know that." He paused for a moment, re-ordering his thoughts. "All the major corporations walk something of a tightrope when it comes to competition. Each megacorp is competing with every other corp for market share, for money it can extract from the market. Since the market is, in most sectors, mature, that means that we have a zero-sum game. Any gain by one corporation is a loss for a competitor, or competitors. Thus, success comes to the corporation that can compete best.