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No. IBM has little to no interest in or tolerance for consumer facing web sites. It tried developing a consumer web search in 1996 called "InfoMarket" and kil
by epc 16y ago
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IBM has little to no interest in or tolerance for consumer facing web sites. It tried developing a consumer web search in 1996 called "InfoMarket" and killed it weeks before launch (and killed off IBM's own web site search in the process as collateral damage).
While IBM does support a few sporting event web sites (which IBM has down to a routine), I don't see IBM doing anything with Watson facing the general public. Perhaps as a gimmick for a short period of time, but not a general service.
- pestaa 16y agoThat was 15 years ago. I would really enjoy the show if IBM tried to backstab Google and Facebook, while everybody thinks the race is between the latter two only.
- epc 16y agoIBM has spent the past 15 years getting only farther away from consumer facing businesses. This one is a non-starter.