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While IBM has made some good acquisition * , the executives are either clueless or too busy with infighting. Their wild flailing around has caused several good
by guitarbill 10y ago
While IBM has made some good acquisition * , the executives are either clueless or too busy with infighting. Their wild flailing around has caused several good acquisitions to be squandered and if the "blue-washing" (aka. onboarding) doesn't alienate the staff, then neglecting the product and asking them to work on/with horrible IBM technologies will.
NVidia would be doomed instantly, but it might take a few years until the effects were felt.
* I believe when this happens, distinguished engineers or architects were consulted and their advice was followed.
- basch 10y agowhat is the verdict on compose.io? will it be blue-washed?
- guitarbill 10y agowell, like e.g. Ustream and unlike the infamous storage mergers (Softlayer, Cleversafe, Cloudant, XIV, Storwize, TMS, etc) it seems to have remained a separate company. maybe because it doesn't fit an existing IBM division? so it might be safe, as long as it isn't incorporated into the shitshow that is bluemix.
- johnward 10y agoIt's typical to be a separate company until bluewashing occurs.
- mrkurt 10y agoMost compose.io people are still there. Integration is/was pretty thoughtful, so lots of what crushes tiny companies within IBM was delayed. I think these acquisitions go wrong for customers _after_ the original team leaves, for the most part.