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tzs on Jan 18, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple Reports First Quarter Results

Why single him out? When iPad was finally shown in January the notion that it would not sell more than a few million, tops, was very widespread among analysts and most of the tech press.

Hell, people were giving Leo Laporte a hard time because he came in with one of the highest estimates, at (I think) over 5 million.

protomyth on Jan 18, 2011 [–]

His name is pretty memorable and he seems to show up quite a lot when people want an "expert" opinion on Apple.

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