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It happens. Data center computing is profitable, and Intel mastered the sales motion long ago. IBM never really got off mainframes for similar reasons. It's a v
by hodgesrm 4y ago
It happens. Data center computing is profitable, and Intel mastered the sales motion long ago. IBM never really got off mainframes for similar reasons. It's a variation of the Innovator's Dilemma.
- TremendousJudge 4y agoI think IBMs case is a bit different -- after all, other companies may have innovated in the space, but they are the ones who actually came up with the PC standard we still use today (and then quickly lost control of it). By comparison, Intel has nothing to show on the mobile space, just a few half hearted attempts at mobile CPUs that fizzled out.
- rightbyte 4y ago> IBM never really got off mainframes for similar reasons. You could kinda say they made the PC? Also involved in PowerPC processors. Not getting of mainframes were not their problem I think.
- hodgesrm 4y agoIBM made the PC but others monetized it, most notably Microsoft followed by Compaq and Dell. [0] The PC architecture was not proprietary, and IBM didn't control the operating system. By contrast IBM made boatloads of money off mainframes and their advantage was durable. That business line is still quite profitable even today. (Just not very big in comparison to the IT market.) [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/timbajarin/2021/08/25/attack-of-the-clones-how-ibm-lost-control-of-the-pc-market https://www.forbes.com/sites/timbajarin/2021/08/25/attack-of...