I mean, yes? IBM is profitable and is spending some of its money on projects we all benefit from - just like Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Apple, and just about an

I mean, yes? IBM is profitable and is spending some of its money on projects we all benefit from - just like Microsoft, Google, Oracle, Apple, and just about any other larger tech company out there. That doesn't mean that their core business is on a healthy trajectory. Transmeta was paying Linus' salary for a good while, it didn't save them.