求助OG阅读第16题！！

stevenckguo

Traditionally, the first firm to commercialize a new technology has benefited from the unique opportunity to shape product definitions, forcing followers to adapt to a standard or invest in an unproven alternative. Today, however, the largest payoffs may go to companies that lead in developing integrated approaches for successful mass production and distribution.
Producers of the Beta format for videocassette recorders (VCRs), for example, were first to develop the VCR commercially in 1975, but producers of the rival VHS (Video Home System) format proved to be more successful at forming strategic alliances with other producers and distributors to manufacture and market their VCR format. Seeking to maintain exclusive control over VCR distribution, Beta producers were reluctant to form such alliances and eventually lost ground to VHS in the competition for the global VCR market.
Despite Beta’s substantial technological head start and the fact that VHS was neither technically better nor cheaper than Beta, developers of VHS quickly turned a slight early lead in sales into a dominant position. Strategic alignments with producers of prerecorded tapes reinforced the VHS advantage. The perception among consumers that prerecorded tapes were more available in VHS format further expanded VHS’s share of the market. By the end of the 1980s, Beta was no longer in production.


16.The alignment of producers of VHS format VCRs with producers of prerecorded videotapes is most similar to which of the following?
(A)    The alignment of an automobile manufacturer with another automobile manufacturer to adopt a standard design for automobile engines
(B)    The alignment of an automobile manufacturer with an automotive glass company whereby the manufacturer agrees to purchase automobile windshields only from that one glass company
(C)    The alignment of an automobile manufacturer with a petroleum company to ensure the widespread availability of the fuel required by a new type of engine developed by the manufacturer
(D)    The alignment of an automobile manufacturer with its dealers to adopt a plan to improve automobile design
(E)    The alignment of an automobile dealer with an automobile rental chain to adopt a strategy for an advertising campaign to promote a new type of automobile
不明白啊！答案是C  麻烦大家解释一下吧！

飞翔的毛毛虫

VHS和producers之所以联盟就是为了加强VHS的市场占有率，也就是扩大其availability，达到让消费者认为VHS是more available的...选项里只有C是符合这个意思的（widespread avalaibility）...不知道这么解释对不对...