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Identifying Competitive Substitutes for a Niche Monopoly
A software company, 'GeoProbe', is the sole developer of a program that uses a proprietary algorithm to analyze seismic data for oil exploration. While no other company offers software with this exact algorithm, identify two distinct types of products or services that would still act as competitive substitutes for GeoProbe, and briefly explain why each poses a competitive threat.
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