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The article is okay, however it says the no one ever got fired for buying Microsoft, I thought the phrase was IBM?
by andy_ppp 12y ago
The article is okay, however it says the no one ever got fired for buying Microsoft, I thought the phrase was IBM?
- dalke 12y agoYes. http://books.google.com/books?id=ephPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22no+one+ever+got+fired+for%22&dq=%22no+one+ever+got+fired+for%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Z2V0VLqVE8e7ygP9-ICwBg&redir_esc=y http://books.google.com/books?id=ephPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22no+one+ev... shows an IBM example from 1978. > And so the conventional wisdom became "No one every got fired for buying IBM equipment."
- tacostakohashi 12y agoI guess someone did eventually get fired for buying IBM.
- andy_ppp 12y agoHaha! Finally!
- dec0dedab0de 12y agoI've heard it many times for IBM, Microsoft, and Cisco. Once or twice for Redhat. It generally works for any large incumbent vendor.