Thread: Why should I get a Kindle over a Sony Reader?
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Old 12-12-2009, 11:33 AM   #88
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I went into business in 1996 at about the same time Amazon went into business. While I was struggling with a few thousand dollars of debt, they were running up millions of dollars of debt. Guess who got the free ride? "Too big to fail" is nothing new.
I'm not sure what you are getting at. Amazon didn't get a "free ride".

They didn't get a free ride, they got investors that took a long view and backed them. It seems to have paid off, hasn't it?

Are you saying that fact that they lost a lot of money in their infancy makes them evil?

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