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A fact from Dell appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 5 November 2008, and was viewed approximately 488 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that technology company Dell made its largest acquisition ever when it purchased EqualLogic, a storage device manufacturer, for US$1.4 billion in January 2008?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/November.

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A Wikipedian has suggested that a proposed re-casting of the lede along the lines of "The multi-national information-technology corporation Dell Inc develops, sells and supports computers and related products" seems just as accurate as some other version. We can agree on that. But what of precision and style? -- Pedant17 (talk) 02:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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 {{dyktalk|5 November|2008|entry=... that technology company [[Dell]] made its '''[[List of mergers and acquisitions by Dell|largest acquisition ever]]''' when it purchased [[EqualLogic]], a [[data storage device|storage device]] manufacturer, for [[US$]]1.4&nbsp;billion in January 2008?|views=488}}
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+A Wikipedian has [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Dell&diff=358372328&oldid=357979084 suggested] that a proposed re-casting of the lede along the lines of "The multi-national information-technology corporation '''Dell Inc''' develops, sells and supports computers and related products" seems just as accurate as some other version. We can agree on that. But what of precision and style? -- [[User:Pedant17|Pedant17]] ([[User talk:Pedant17|talk]]) 02:56, 22 June 2010 (UTC)