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Thanks, attribution fixed. Now that we've got that sorted, what do you think of the analogy with respect to this deal? Does it—cough—fit?

• raldi 7y ago
  Oops, turns out Lyons was just quoting Steve Ballmer: http://web.archive.org/web/20080206081701/https://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2008/02/ballmer-im-completely-out-of-ideas.html http://web.archive.org/web/20080206081701/https://fakesteve....
  • braythwayt 7y ago
    It's aphorisms all the way down! The usual algorithm is to follow the attributions until you reach Samuel Clemons, Benjamin Franklin, Confucius, or Laozi. They are said to have said everything.
    • endtime 7y ago
      > They are said to have said everything. Which one of them said that?
      • braythwayt 7y ago
        Raymond Smullyan. He established how they could say things about things they said.
  • mikestew 7y ago
    Man, that whole article is worth a read ten years on, in light of the topic at hand. He quotes Ballmer, then shows how Ballmer considering turning around and doing just that for lack of better ideas, all the while (Lyons posits) knowing it won't work.