Third, we all know that the big guys (Google et al) will never let Twitter come public, they almost have to take a run at it first.

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These new software-led platforms are influencing how networks, computers, and applications are deployed in companies and in big services like Facebook, Apple, et al. This is a HUGE trend and it is impacting incumbent players and attracting new entrants to the market.

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Like all writers (it's almost safe to say) he was a big drinker. (See Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Cheever, Mailer, et al.) I once startled Gore by saying I'd just read that each drink kills more than 10, 000 brain cells.

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