"Actually, wrong again."
Yes, I agree... you were wrong again.
Betamax didn't lose the competition because they failed to get the funding... which was your argument... not mine... claiming that "it's all about the funding"...
It's NOT all about the funding... rather than about the product.
In mining, that means it IS all about the rocks... including their intrinsic qualities... and what those qualities enable you in doing with them in processing and sales, that others, with lesser rocks, can't match.