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Re:Neeva (search engine with a privacy and AI focus) is shut... by TylerE on Saturday May 20, 2023 @05:31PM (#36015811)
Not a mixed metaphor, it’s a standard phrase.

Note buggy WHIP makers, not buggy makers.

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Re:Neeva (search engine with a privacy and AI focus) is shut... by somat on Saturday May 20, 2023 @06:20PM (#36016160)
It is mixed because it is comparing two different class of items

whips to cars does not really compare. Cars to buggies would compare or perhaps whips to steering wheels.

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Re:Neeva (search engine with a privacy and AI focus) is shut... by stonogo on Saturday May 20, 2023 @07:37PM (#36016601)
No, it's not mixed. It's related to the saying about the people who get rich off a gold rush being the ones who sell shovels. In the buggy-whip case, it's about a company not understanding the market changing entirely to make them obsolete. The transportation market moved to cars, and so nobody needs a buggy whip.
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