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It's true that IBM does incredible research, but their results never seem to break into mainstream.
by ginko 15y ago
It's true that IBM does incredible research, but their results never seem to break into mainstream.
- dataminer 15y agoSQL came out of IBM research and its quite mainstream.
- acangiano 15y agoThey do end up into the mainstream. IBM is not a B2C company, though, so there is no hype behind the unveiling of a new shiny gadget. So the tech community at large seriously underestimates IBM's contributions to the field.
- cobrausn 15y agoIBM was the first company to successfully release a commercial USB flash drive back in 2000.
- Sam_Odio 15y agoEver heard of the PC? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer
- smackfu 15y agoI believe IBM was the first company to use GMR in hard drives.
- wazoox 15y agoAnd even hard drives, after all they invented them, too.
- trotsky 15y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_POWER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_POWER