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"It was an offer like no other offers. The groom asking for Powersoft's hand in marriage was Sybase and the billion dollar dowry offer was very seductive. So a wedding/merger was arranged on February 13, 1995. I hope they took pictures during the wedding ceremony and honeymoon because the "paper valuation" (the deal was done with Sybase stock—worth $904m) didn't last long. The bad news arrived in the form of fabricated (Sybase) sales results. Sybase stock took a tumble, along with the fortune of many Powersoft executives..."

Beautiful. I wonder if a business publication would be interested in an expanded version of this...

Open plan verdict: Too much mayo.

It needs a new name (that isn't "ECMAScript").

"After going about as far as I could go folding planes, I decided I need to study this other field, this art called 'Origami.' So I worked on that for about ten years..."

I could write that series in a weekend.

How about for new startups (with low or no volume)?

Whitelisting might be better...

How about credit card companies, who refuse to allow opting out?