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A large number of enterprises still deeply rely on them. I definitely don't see them going out of business any time soon.

• agumonkey 11y ago
  Just yesterday I was thinking, IBM went too much into 'shallow' software tech. Building a lot of stuff around Java, Eclipse etc that wasn't valuable neither for them or for customers. Instead of focusing on brand and tech, they should bring back talents that solves problems on anything. I'm sure that would sell like hot pancakes.
  • UK-AL 11y ago
    That's where the money is in software. Expensive middleware.
    • agumonkey 11y ago
      Short term maybe but it is detrimental IMO.
  • UK-AL 11y ago
    That's where the money is in software. Expensive middleware.
• Daviey 11y ago
  "nobody ever got fired for buying IBM equipment".
  • michaelcampbell 11y ago
    "but they should". I say this as a developer forced to work with IBM technologies (mainly WebSphere, and J2EE) for a number of years in the financial industry. I was an idiot for staying for as long as I did, and my career suffered for it.
    • agumonkey 11y ago
      I believe their hardware is still superb though, but this market shrunk