Do they compare?

Opinion

Feb 1, 20061 min

Is a headline such as this from ABC News (and others):

“Google Shares Drop After 4Q Earnings Miss”

The same as the famous quote from Rocky IV:

“The Russian is cut!”

We’re just wondering.

Data Center

by Michael Cooney

Senior Editor

Michael is a senior editor with Network World focused on deciphering the strategies of many core high-tech vendors such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper, HPE and IBM. Michael has been writing about the industry for more than 33 years and has won coverage awards from ASBPE and FOLIO. He has a BA in Journalism and Technical Writing Certificate from The Pennsylvania State University.

He can be reached at michael_cooney@foundryco.com.

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