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IBM has been a dead man walking for decades. If the goal is functional software you're right. However there are two goals at IBM: planet scale patent portfoli
by hiddencost 2y ago
IBM has been a dead man walking for decades.
If the goal is functional software you're right.
However there are two goals at IBM: planet scale patent portfolio and satisfying the letter of their contracts at the Lowe's possible cost.
If they can find a way to get paid without staff they'll be delighted.
Unfortunately their core competency is hiring 20x as much staff as needed for a job, at the Lowe's quality they can achieve.
- LeftHandPath 2y agoThis Forbes article from 2017 seemed to hit the nail on the head, regarding their outsourcing to India being a major problem: https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2017/10/06/ibm-should-cut-down-on-outsourcing-to-india/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2017/10/06/i...
- AnimalMuppet 2y ago"Outsourcing to AI" could be seen as the latest attempt at making the "outsourcing to India" dream work.