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You're right. That was too sweeping, in fairness. I've edited in 'good software products'; that record is categorically abysmal. IBM makes amazing mainframes an
by goodroot 9y ago
You're right. That was too sweeping, in fairness. I've edited in 'good software products'; that record is categorically abysmal. IBM makes amazing mainframes and physical technical systems, and conducts some fascinating cutting-edge research, and even built really effective punch-card machines for use within Nazi concentration camps. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust)
- lulmerchant 9y agoIf only they could run a payroll system as effectively as they can run a genocide.
- ugh123 9y agoYou're mistakenly conflating IBM's consulting business with the rest of their current technology, both hardware and software.
- flukus 9y agoNo, IBM has conflated their consulting service with the rest of their technology by running under the same brand name. If they want the benefits of sharing that brand between operations then they deserve the negatives that come along with it.
- aisofteng 9y agoNo, IBM has not done that. IBM Global Business Services and IBM Global Technical are their own business units.
- SFjulie1 9y agoIBM has branch prediction (and Out of Order Execution) in their mainframe architecture: the Z series. I strongly suspect they are subject to a variant of spectre meltdown. Yet, no news were made public on the topic. A tinge of "same cause produces the same effects" makes me think that they are immune to the scrutiny of security research on the topic because there is a tad of security by obfuscation, and secondly university and google don't care about mainframe. It does not mean attackers don't care about the backbone of banking system.