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g-mafia google, microsoft, apple, facebook, ibm, apple

• skinnymuch 7y ago
  But IBM isn’t that powerful in any direct way any more compared to other tech companies. Oracle and rising powers like PayPal and Salesforce would make more sense. The latter companies still do a fraction of IBM’s revenue and profit. but they’re growing. I wouldn’t be surprised if their market caps are past IBM by now. Unless IBM is being included because of the Red Hat acquisition.
  • fourthark 7y ago
    Looks like they are included because their name starts with an I.
  • nailer 7y ago
    Microsoft isn't that powerful either. Windows is a small percentage of computing and Office simply isn't a big deal. They're also a pretty good company now.
    • randall 7y ago
      “Microsoft. Microsoft had a market capitalization of US$ 904.86 billion for the first quarter of 2019, ranking as the largest company in the world. ...” and that’s just the average. Today they’re a trillion dollar company. That’s 2x Facebook. And yeah, ibm is included because it makes the mneumonic better.
      • nailer 7y ago
        Yep Microsoft are certainty valuable, they're just not influential. Like IBM or Oracle. Not like Apple, Google or Facebook.