The strategy that has been implemented by the company has been a disaster, and probably the biggest part of it has been the acquisition of (The) Learning Company. I couldn't rationalize it. Software sales are one of the most vulnerable to Internet e-tailing ... It just did not make any sense strategically.

Larry Fuller

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