Yes. 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&red

Yes. 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."