>Ah, but now that Mike has said "The rest is history", it validates any future use of "The rest, as they say, is history" - or, at least, "The rest, as he says, is history".
I think that for now it only validates the use of "The rest, as he said, is history"
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges