The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

3statements match

3resolved → 0open claims → 0supported → 3contradicted →

why aren't all 3 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Contradicted

Gilbert: Microsoft gross margin on retail boxed Windows was 29% in the 1990s

“In the nineties, the box software that Microsoft would use to sell Windows Their gross margin on a copy of Windows was 29%.”

Ben Gilbert Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 1:56:01 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired

Assertion Contradicted

Gilbert: Microsoft achieved 75% gross margins selling Windows via OEM channels

“But when they're selling through an OEM channel, their gross margin was 75%, because you just ship the bits to the OS once, and then the PC manufacturer takes it from there.”

Ben Gilbert Jul 22, 2024 ▶ 1:56:33 Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired

Assertion Contradicted

All Windows operating systems released prior to Windows 95 were DOS-based

“Until Windows 95, all of the Windows operating systems were DOS based.”

Ben Gilbert Apr 22, 2024 ▶ 1:46:51 Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired

Turn any episode into a week of clips.

This entire site, nearly 80 episodes transcribed, diarized, checked and made playable, runs on the StarZero media pipeline. Drop in your own episode and the podcast clipper finds the moments worth sharing, cuts them, captions them, and reframes them for every feed.

The Ledger

Turn any episode into a week of clips.