There never has been room in the consumer electronic marketplace for two directly competing, but incompatible, systems.

The technology is still too immature for the consumer marketplace.

It had taken almost another decade for personal computers to really make it in the consumer marketplace.

This shouldn't really be any great surprise, as Apple has almost always targeted the consumer (and niche business) marketplace.

"We're seeing a trend to simplicity in the consumer marketplace," she said.

The explosion of Internet use has allowed this niche service to grow and reach the general consumer marketplace.

"Herbs have trickled down from the restaurant business into the consumer marketplace."

There are even some promising signs in the consumer marketplace.

The power line is also a potential avenue of the Internet into the consumer marketplace.

Technology has made the consumer marketplace transparent - sometimes.