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Entirely true. But the point I was trying to make is that the current batch of dotcoms isn't even in the same league as the bigboys. IBM, HP, SGI(?), part of or
by spitfire 16y ago
Entirely true. But the point I was trying to make is that the current batch of dotcoms isn't even in the same league as the bigboys. IBM, HP, SGI(?), part of oracle, google, parts of oracle.
There's driven and then there's Smart.
- spitfire 16y agoAlso, does anyone else really love that architecture at the Watson research center? That just looks like a place I'd want to work. Lots of wood, stone and glass. Love it. Wired had some details on the building and the cafeteria is right out of mad men. So much better than "open plan" (We're too cheap to give code monkeys space). Here are the pictures: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/watson-jeopardy/?pid=204&viewall=true http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/watson-jeopardy/?pid=...
- scott_s 16y agoAs you approach it, it looks like an airport. (Dulles, specifically.) I work at the Hawthorne location, so I don't see the imposing architecture everyday. But, we do have a similar board of IBM Fellows, and I often pause at it on my out at the end of the day. It is humbling and inspiring.