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You have no idea just how hilariously wrong you are. Just read this passage from an Economist article about IBM mainframes: > At any rate, the mainframe is a h

by antics 12y ago

You have no idea just how hilariously wrong you are. Just read this passage from an Economist article about IBM mainframes: > At any rate, the mainframe is a hugely profitable business for IBM. Only around 4% of the firm’s revenues come from mainframe sales. But once additional hardware, storage, software and all kinds of related services have been factored in, the mainframe accounts for a quarter of IBM’s revenue and nearly half of profits, estimates Toni Sacconaghi of Berstein Research. Read that again. HALF of profits. A QUARTER of revenue. Source: http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2012/09/ibms-mainframes http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2012/09/ibms-mainf...

johansch 12y ago
AGGRESSIVE much? :)
- antics 12y ago
  johansch, you were wrong in such a fundamental way about this subject that it is hard for me to believe you know anything about it at all. If you have any suggestions about how I can phrase this in a way that makes you both comfortable, and that still makes it clear that I do not believe you have any business speaking on this subject, then I am 100% happy to listen to you. :) I'm sure you're otherwise intelligent, but this is an area where you should probably just listen.
  - johansch 12y ago
    Ok, so. You first write: "The mainframe market is still $10B" and then "the mainframe accounts for a quarter of IBM’s revenue" (that would be about $25B). Which one is it? :)
    - antics 12y ago
      It's both. $10B are spent each year on sales of actual mainframe computers. [1] The article quoted in the last article claims that everything you sell around mainframes, like services, is a quarter of revenue. Now, it's your turn to do something for me. Don't respond if you're not willing to read before you speak. I should not have had to explain this to you. [1] http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-10-1006_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-10-1006_en.htm

by antics 12y ago

johansch 12y ago

AGGRESSIVE much? :)

antics 12y ago
johansch, you were wrong in such a fundamental way about this subject that it is hard for me to believe you know anything about it at all. If you have any suggestions about how I can phrase this in a way that makes you both comfortable, and that still makes it clear that I do not believe you have any business speaking on this subject, then I am 100% happy to listen to you. :) I'm sure you're otherwise intelligent, but this is an area where you should probably just listen.
- johansch 12y ago
  Ok, so. You first write: "The mainframe market is still $10B" and then "the mainframe accounts for a quarter of IBM’s revenue" (that would be about $25B). Which one is it? :)
  - antics 12y ago
    It's both. $10B are spent each year on sales of actual mainframe computers. [1] The article quoted in the last article claims that everything you sell around mainframes, like services, is a quarter of revenue. Now, it's your turn to do something for me. Don't respond if you're not willing to read before you speak. I should not have had to explain this to you. [1] http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-10-1006_en.htm http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-10-1006_en.htm