FORTUNE — Famed activist investor Carl Icahn joined Twitter earlier today, apparently hoping that the rhetorical brickbats of his shareholder letters can be conveyed in 140 characters.
Hopefully this goes a bit better than Icahn’s earlier blogging attempts back in 2008, which were ultimately foiled by overactive lawyers.
Here was his opening salvo:
Icahn assistant Susan Gordon confirmed the account’s legitimacy to Fortune. Could be interesting to see if @MichaelDell chooses to respond…
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