Cynical take, having worked in organisations that have bought into IBM: IBM is not into curing cancer, it's into selling, and in particular up-selling at enormo

Cynical take, having worked in organisations that have bought into IBM: IBM is not into curing cancer, it's into selling, and in particular up-selling at enormous scales (government and big business). The primary goal of the Watson project has not been to cure cancer, or do anything in particular, but to get existing customers to buy into extremely expensive contracts that include 'Watson' in some way. All the hype, which it is now becoming apparent was artificially expanded to some extent, is just a means to this end. As with most (all?) of their other products, it'll be oversold, underdeliver, but lock organisations into even heftier contractual chains.