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Paradox No. 2: Christopher Columbus Was a Failure.
His business model did not pan out: no western route to Asia, hardly
any gold, abandonment by his investors, not much of an enduring
first-mover advantage for Spain ... but he fucking discovered
America. Netscape is vestigial and may cease to exist before
long, and Amazon.com may or may not be a Fortune 500
company a decade from now, but Jim Clark and Jeff Bezos will always be
Columbuses.
		-- Kurt Andersen, "The Revolution Is Glorious, and the
		   Sky Is Falling.  Get Used To It."  Inside Magazine,
  		   December 13, 2000.
		   <http://www.inside.com/product/product.asp?ACTION=MEDIAPASS&PF_ID=FC0D7786-BCB5-4820-B2F1-CB1B5021DA36&CONTENT=Article>

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