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It's very amusing to me that you bring up IBM in a discussion of the value of Oracle. I came here to say that if you want to understand Oracle's value, think I

• DrJokepu 6mo ago
  Kind of, but there are some subtle differences in my opinion. Oracle is top-to-bottom evil, whose business model basically boils down to screwing over their clients and everyone else at every possible opportunity, comparable to the likes of McKinsey or Accenture. IBM is a bit more nuanced. My wife grew up in an IBM town and a lot of her family and her friends’ families used to work there in the 70s and 80s. People, especially the engineers, used to take pride in their work there.
  • RankingMember 6mo ago
    I think of IBM and GE as being cut from the same cloth back then- they treated their people well and dominated their markets.
  • soperj 6mo ago
    Didn't they famously help both the Nazis and Apartheid South Africa?
    • 20after4 6mo ago
      Yes. Leased IBM equipment was a critical infrastructure component of the holocaust.