The Ledger

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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 Supported
Liemandt: Trilogy took 3.5 years before winning SGI, HP, AT&T, and IBM
“It took three and a half years to actually build the product and convince anybody to buy it. But then as soon as they started to buy, Silicon Graphics bought it, Hewlett Packard bought it, AT&T, IBM, right?”
Joe Liemandt May 27, 2026 ▶ 7:16 The 50 richest families in America are betting on this trend
Assertion Supported
Shaan Puri: HP bought Autonomy for $11 billion at a 60% premium
“Starts this company, he ends up selling it to HP for eleven billion dollars. Wow. So Hewlett Packard, who's like a hardware company, wants to go to software, and they get really hot and heavy, and they, the company was already public, but they offered a 60% pr…”
Shaan Puri Oct 10, 2024 ▶ 6:08 The Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to Tech Billionaire
Assertion Partly supported
Shaan Puri: HP wrote off over $8 billion on Autonomy acquisition
“A couple of years later, HP ends up writing off eight, eight and a half billion dollars of that acquisition.”
Shaan Puri Oct 10, 2024 ▶ 6:37 The Wild Story of Mike Lynch’s Rise From Janitor to Tech Billionaire
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