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Rupert has balls

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• ojbyrne 17y ago
  Lack of content - check. Uncritical cheerleading for dotcom executives - check.
  • rms 17y ago
    I don't think this is good writing or anything. As you point out, it's kind of terrible. However, I think the author's main point is correct. Rupert just makes it up as he goes along. There is no grand plan with his Google stand-off. It's like a poker semi-bluff, he can go with it because any outcome is acceptable.
    • pmorici 17y ago
      Being right doesn't make it interesting or well written or worth while reading.
    • nir 17y ago
      Everybody in this space make it up as they go along. No one really has a grand plan. Rupert, however, is making quite a bit of money in the process, unlike most of his competitors or critics.
• jimbokun 17y ago
  "Experience? Well, that was Jack Welch, until the value of experience expired." Has the value of experience really expired?
  • felixc 17y ago
    I don't know if it's how the phrase was originally intended, but it makes a lot more sense to me if I read it as "until the value of his experience expired." I don't think "experience" in general could possibly expire (it's just another word for "knowledge", after all!), but certainly individual experiences can become irrelevant.
    • nir 17y ago
      I'm not sure "Jack Welch's experience has expired" makes much sense either..
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• ig1 17y ago
  Murdoch bought MySpace with a valuation of 330 million. In 2008 their revenue was 600 million and they had a market valuation of well into billions. Buying MySpace was clearly a success.