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        "alt": "Finally, a representative from Philips took the floor.\nHis argument was concise: two separate radio standards would lead to fear, uncertainty, and doubt.\nThe whole point of standards was that you needed only one. After a subtle dig at the mp3's processing power requirements, he concluded with a direct plea to the working group's voting members: \"Don't destabilize the system.\" Then the steering committee\n—in the interests of stability, presumably-voted to abandon the mp3 forever.",
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  "text": "\u003e His argument was concise: two separate radio standards would lead to fear, uncertainty, and doubt.\nThe whole point of standards was that you needed only one.\n\nSeems like it has always been “we only need one standard and it should be mine, for reasons.”"
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