You should read more about the history of IBM. IBM is a sale driven organization. I.e. sale first - tech after. so it cannot be judged as an high tech company,

You should read more about the history of IBM. IBM is a sale driven organization. I.e. sale first - tech after. so it cannot be judged as an high tech company, I.e. on the tech. A point of reference is SUN - which was tech first - sale after. Another point of reference is HP. HP was tech first, but turned into sales first.