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IBM seems to be really good at getting press releases published and patents filed, and really bad at actually turning any of that into purchasable products or s
by fiatmoney 12y ago
IBM seems to be really good at getting press releases published and patents filed, and really bad at actually turning any of that into purchasable products or services. They've been gutting their core US businesses now for a while (revenues down, costs down, profits up, and everything going to India) and a lot of areas that should be strengths have been horribly mismanaged. I'm curious to see whether they'll continue investing in these kinds of prestige products, and wondering what their rationale is. Patent battles down the line? Effectively part of their ad budget?
- shadowmint 12y agoIt be fair, in this case it's pretty clear this was a DARPA funded project. It would make even less sense for them to have just said, 'oh no, we're busy focusing on other things at the moment' when DARPA tried to start throwing money at them.