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> Huge companies have the money to coast by in mediocrity for years, and can simply buy assets to fill in gaps in their product line. True, though IBM may now
by scholia 9y ago
> Huge companies have the money to coast by in mediocrity for years, and can simply buy assets to fill in gaps in their product line.
True, though IBM may now have spent too long coasting by in mediocrity...
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoI don't know, Watson is actually one of the most publicly-recognized names in the AI game. If they leverage that correctly, there's a lot of opportunities there. Especially since most people who want to use AI would view Google as a competitor because of the number of services it operates, and IBM is more likely to support someone's desire for on-premises solutions. (The on-site enterprise solutions Google had for search and Earth, for comparison, have been recently discontinued.)
- scholia 9y agoWatson is actually the most heavily-advertized name in the AI game. It's invisible in IBM's financial results, which have now shown declines in turnover for 20 quarters in a row.