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> Not sure how IBM folks could not see this opportunity just because it was smaller scale than "what they did" They thought it was a fad - that centralized sys
by phone8675309 2y ago
> Not sure how IBM folks could not see this opportunity just because it was smaller scale than "what they did"
They thought it was a fad - that centralized systems (coincidentally, the machines they made) would be the computing platform that people would pay-per-minute/pay-per-hour/pay-per-month to access remotely. They wanted to be an information utility - a supplier to all - instead of selling a small, low margin box for one-time revenue.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
- jhoechtl 2y agoAre you talking about Microsoft Azure?
- phone8675309 2y agoNo but thanks for play
- folsom 2y agoSo you are saying that they were too far ahead of their time.
- phone8675309 2y agoSure, we can go with that
- kragen 2y agogoogle, fecebutt, amazon, and azure seem to be doing okay with centralized systems providing continuing revenue
- phone8675309 2y agoI didn't say the model was wrong - I was just saying there were focused on it
- kragen 2y agoit's true, they were