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"Back when Scott McNeally and Steve [Ballmer] took to a stage and began jumping around like a couple of squares dancers headed out the barn, I couldn't for the life of me figure out what they were so happy about. I guess it just goes to show that they had some secret they thought was gonna make them even richer. They even put a hex on the next hockey season with all their fan-dangling around holding up Detroit Piston jerseys and all.

"I didn't understand what was so important. So when Steve stood up and said he was giving Mr. McNeally $700 million to resolve pending antitrust issues and $900 million to resolve patent issues and then smiled, well more than few heads turned that day..."

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