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Re:The Deal That Makes No Sense by chris_wot on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @08:21AM (#6320446)
Plus it's a prize Microsoft probably feels it can't afford to lose.

This whole post reads like a warning about the sunken cost fallacy!

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Re:The Deal That Makes No Sense by brianpgordon on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @03:44PM (#6323272)
Admitting defeat would destroy the value of their stock, so maybe it's not such a fallacy after all.
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Re:The Deal That Makes No Sense by chris_wot on Thursday September 05, 2013 @09:48AM (#6334129)
Not admitting defeat could also destroy the value of their stock.
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