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Quote of the Day: He’s Also Good at Stalking | 02.03.10

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Caleb Newquist

“I suspect he takes much more pleasure in baiting opponents than he does in running a company. The evidence he is good at baiting is much clearer than the evidence he is good at managing.”

~ Floyd Norris, New York Times Columnist on the Farmville obsessed, Segway Cowboy Patrick Byrne.

Posted in Quote of the DayTagged Floyd Norris, Patrick Byrne, Quote of the Day

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