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		xcombinator on Dec 21, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer... It was one of the best companies when led by its original founders. Fixed it for you.:-) That Paul Allen didn't liked to show up on newspapers doesn't mean he did nothing.

swolchok on Dec 21, 2009 [–]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen says he didn't return to the company after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's in 1983. Surely you and gp didn't mean that MS stopped being one of the best companies in 1983?

xcombinator on Dec 23, 2009 | [–]

I mean it is not only one man who makes the company, specially after 1983.

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