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.
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
Hewlett-Packard surpassed the 1930s size of General Electric
“Our electronics firm, HP, has become larger than the entire General Electric company was at the time that he gave me this advice.”
Bill Hewlett and David Packard founded HP before choosing a product
“The product ideas we discussed included high frequency receivers and medical equipment, and it was noted that we should make every attempt to keep up on the newly announced technology of television. And so the reason that is important is because he's telling y…”
HP computer sales grew from zero in 1964 to $20B in 1994
“In 1994, HP sales and computer products were twenty billion dollars, 30 years earlier. Okay. So 1994, they're making twenty billion from computer products. In 1964, 30 years before, our sales total were just a hundred and twenty five million, and they were ent…”