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In the movie Other People’s Money, the

character played by Danny Devito makes

a compelling speech to shareholders who

are trying to decide whether to sell the

company or try and save the company.

“

”

Obsolescence. We’re dead alright. We’re just not broke.

And you know the surest way to go broke?

Keep getting an increasing share of a shrinking market. Down the

tubes. Slow but sure. You know, at one time there must’ve been

dozens of companies making buggy whips. And I’ll bet the last

company around was the one that made the best g*ddamn

buggy whip you ever saw. Now how would you have liked

to have been a stockholder in that company?