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> Example of a $700 million contract with Disney That looks like a fairly straight forward outsourcing / "consulting" contract rather than anything to do with
by justinclift 3y ago
> Example of a $700 million contract with Disney
That looks like a fairly straight forward outsourcing / "consulting" contract rather than anything to do with R&D.
- dangus 3y agoI understand that. I’m just pointing out that IBM isn’t some fly by night failure of a company just because they don’t make brand name products that every tech enthusiast and practitioner is using. Their R&D is basically structured like a consulting gig in itself. They help people like Nvidia and Intel deliver on their products. There are some extremely popular tech stacks like Docker and Hashicorp led by companies that are struggling to be profitable. The whole reason those technologies are popular is because they are free or cheap. Then as soon as the company starts to tighten the screws and monetize their user base, the user base crumbles. IBM’s Disney contract is about double the size of Hashicorp’s annual revenue.