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If other HNers Are anything like me, they perceive IBM as this massive, outdated company that's behind the times and only useful for supporting COBOL systems.
by teej 12y ago
If other HNers Are anything like me, they perceive IBM as this massive, outdated company that's behind the times and only useful for supporting COBOL systems. This is obviously not true, but that's the perception. This makes people quick to upvote "news" that confirms the bias.
- eitally 12y agoI think the problem is that IBM has transitioned itself largely into a services company computing with the likes of TCS, Wipro, Infosys and Cap Gemini, and for people like us, those companies add zero value in the tech space. Unfortunately, whatever they're doing with Z/OS and the Z13 platform, Watson, and who knows what else is so marginalized that no one really cares.
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- username10975 12y agoServices company maybe - but along the likes of TCS, Wipro, Infosys? Come on. IBM's heavily into research - and has its fingers dipped into a lot of exciting areas. "A boy and his atom" come to mind. That they're not customer facing is the issue.