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A comment on The Decline & Fall of IBM.

Re:The Decline & Fall of IBM by dregin on Monday April 22, 2013 @06:44AM (#5588697)
"Decline" and "Fall" are the same thing.
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Re:The Decline & Fall of IBM by protomyth on Monday April 22, 2013 @07:12AM (#5588765)
Well no, they aren't in the "Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire" context. You can decline without falling.
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Re:The Decline & Fall of IBM by lotsofcows on Monday April 22, 2013 @06:54AM (#5588723)
Yeah, and "less" and "fewer" mean the same thing, too. Language evolves, man!
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