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> Given their existing relationships they can leverage and the romanticism finally bleeding out of FAANG's reputations, if they can put together a stable, fund
by thwayunion 4y ago
> Given their existing relationships they can leverage and the romanticism finally bleeding out of FAANG's reputations, if they can put together a stable, fundamentally capable platform they could definitely grab a chunk.
IBM has failed to build a reasonable cloud platform, and not for lack of trying -- for over a decade at this point -- through both internal work and acquisition. Create a cloud.ibm.com account and poke around.
> Toyota has made a multi-decade business model around "skating to where the puck has been". Why can't IBM?
They can, but I'm not sure what you mean by Toyota... they were early on hybrids in general and are definitely the leader in the plug-in hybrid space... what competes with the RAV4 or Prius plugins if you need ICE car range on the weekends and electric for your short commute?
- pjmlp 4y agoWhile IBM Cloud doesn't provide a good experience for Windows workloads, for UNIX and mainframes, it is quite alright.
- scottLobster 4y agoHaving never used IBM cloud I have no idea. Just saying it's a possibility. Also just because it sucks doesn't mean businesses won't buy it and force their developers to use it, sadly. As for Toyota, hybrids were basically their last big innovation. And their plug-in hybrids are iterations on their regular hybrids, not new ground-up designs. Since the late 90s they've been continually behind the curve by intent. Their engines/transmissions/infotainment/interior design is all at least 5 years behind the competition, as are their EVs. They've taken a stance that refinement is more important than bleeding edge innovation, and a good chunk of the market seems to agree (my family included, we drive two Toyotas). The hydrogen stuff is just noise.