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IBM is over 100 years old. I don't think most people in tech understand how profound that is, between the obvious changes in leadership but more astonishingly

by kev009 7y ago

IBM is over 100 years old. I don't think most people in tech understand how profound that is, between the obvious changes in leadership but more astonishingly business-sinking technology shifts, industry tanking economic phenomenon, etc. There will not be another IBM coming out of San Francisco culture. I only skimmed the article so I couldn't tell if it was loathsome or self-paraody of what is going on in SF right now. But I hope they and readers realize it is simply ouroboros.

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adrianN 7y ago
I don't know. Apple has something like 250 billion in their war chest. They could stop selling stuff for a hundred years and still pay 20000 people $100k a year.
- kev009 7y ago
  Sure but neither a startup nor raised in the current SF startup culture. Apple definitely has potential to transcend tech and leadership although we need to see 1-2 more changes in leadership to know for sure.