I used to work with an old IBMer from the MQ team. He'd also worked at DEC and the BBC before joining my team at Chase in the late 90s. He used to joke that it

I used to work with an old IBMer from the MQ team. He'd also worked at DEC and the BBC before joining my team at Chase in the late 90s. He used to joke that it was no accident that IBM almost collapsed at the same time as the Soviet Union as they were very similar organisations!