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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by menzoic on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:29PM (#28148686)
The acroynm is based purely on stock performance during the time it was created. You could make the same argument for Apple but Apple was on the list from day 1.
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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by jldugger on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:48PM (#28148927)
Apparently jim cramer invented the term and AAPL wasn't on the list in 2013: https://www.cnbc.com/id/100436754
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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by sseagull on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:05PM (#28149171)
And I think this supplanted the earlier "four horsemen" terminology.

Originally: Intel, Cisco, Microsoft, Dell

Then (in 2007): Apple, Research in Motion (Blackberry), Google, Amazon

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Re:Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome by bbarnett on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @08:09PM (#28149913)
I think there's more nuance here, for example, Microsoft never succeeded in disrupting anyone but itself.

Others were major market movers and shakers.

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