Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 26, 2009

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Bernie: ... and I was standing down there when I came up with my first paradigm shift! Mike: Wow. What did you do with it? Bernie: Nothing. No way to monetize it. Mike: Bernie, I dropped by one of your outlets yesterday - place was as mobbed as an Apple store! Bernie's Byte Shack seems recession-proof. I don't know how you've done it! Bernie: It's all about the fundamentals, Mike... best practices, customer support, reality-based accounting - while everyone else was trying to think outside the box, I was taking care of business! In fact, I believe that's the secret of my success, Mike. I never, ever thought outside the box! Mike: Wow... really? Bernie: Yup. Of course, it helps if you own the box. Mike: I would imagine.