“[A]s for my prediction that [the iPhone] would be a bad idea for Apple to pursue, anything can still happen. Time is a cruel mistress.”

—  John C. Dvorak

"Wrong? Dvorak blames his 'getting screwed over' by Apple" in NetworkWorld (27 June 2012) http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/wrong-dvorak-blames-getting-screwed-over-apple
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