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I'll file this under "never going to happen". IBM seems increasingly a flailing giant in its death throes. They produce "products" you can't buy without millio
by tbrowbdidnso 10y ago
I'll file this under "never going to happen".
IBM seems increasingly a flailing giant in its death throes. They produce "products" you can't buy without millions like Watson where their competitors are putting machine learning into APIs I can call for fractions of a cent.
Their MO seems to have become all hype and no substance. A company that once sold innovatives products now sells itself in the form of consulting services because they can't figure out how to make products people will buy anymore.
The internet runs rampant with stories of former IBMers leaving in droves, replaced by cheap outsourced labor. The magic smoke has left IBM.
The only good thing they sell that I'm aware of is softlayer. They should spin that off before it's consumed in IBM's race to the bottom... They should sell their naming rights to Accenture and get it overwith.
- mrep 10y ago> IBM seems increasingly a flailing giant in its death throes. IBM made almost 12 Billion dollars in net income in 2016 [1]. That's far from being on death row. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM
- slededit 10y agoIBM peaked in 2012 and has had declining profits since then. Death throes is perhaps an exaggeration, but even IBM uses the term "turn around" when talking to investors.
- manigandham 10y ago> They produce "products" you can't buy without millions like Watson where their competitors are putting machine learning into APIs I can call for fractions of a cent. There are different tiers for every market. Some companies are not interested in earning cents.