> They're a waste of engineering talent and have contributed nothing to the world. That's arguably true now...but to claim that IBM hasn't contributed anythin

> They're a waste of engineering talent and have contributed nothing to the world. That's arguably true now...but to claim that IBM hasn't contributed anything to the world is just hyperbole. I mean, they invented the relational database and hard drive, and practically every modern computing concept is just a reimplementation of what existed on a mainframe.