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1. kingka+(OP)[view] [source] 2012-09-04 03:42:50
Henry Ford. And he appears to have never actually said it. And this attitude cost Ford the early lead in market share.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/08/henry_ford_never_said_the_fa...

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2. dj2ste+x[view] [source] 2012-09-04 03:53:35
>>kingka+(OP)
Okay so I mistakenly wrote his first name... I don't see how that invalidates what I've said.
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3. mquand+od[view] [source] [discussion] 2012-09-04 09:28:39
>>dj2ste+x
What's there to "invalidate"? You just made an assertion, not an argument.

You say that nobody wants to use desktops and people want computers to disappear. Unlike you, I don't believe that already, so do you have some evidence for it?

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4. slanty+3v[view] [source] 2012-09-04 15:16:56
>>kingka+(OP)
The funny thing is that I parsed the quote verbatim on the first pass and it made me think the quote was referring to westerns -- John Ford being the famous movie actor.

Took my old brain a second or two to realize that I had previously heard that quote associated with Henry Ford.

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5. kingka+Vv[view] [source] [discussion] 2012-09-04 15:28:09
>>dj2ste+x
The blogpost I linked pointed out that this quote is often used not to justify a particular idea or position but instead to justify not paying attention to your audience. Paying attention doesn't mean groveling or completely giving up all of your own control.
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6. kingka+dw[view] [source] [discussion] 2012-09-04 15:29:41
>>slanty+3v
John Ford is the famous western director, not so much an actor. Though I'm sure he did some stuff. Or is there another John Ford associated with westerns?
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7. slanty+zx[view] [source] [discussion] 2012-09-04 15:44:51
>>kingka+dw
Oops, you're right, the director.
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