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On 4/5/25 4:20 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 04:39:30 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>>     The compilers offered by IBM/(M$) were very good. We kinda though of
>>     M$ as a hero company back then,
>>     all the good tools. Then .........
> 
> PCs were thought of as an IBM product. It wasn't until Windows that they
> sort of became associated with M$ even if MS's forays into hardware didn't
> always turn out well.
> 
> IBM seems to be shuffling out the door. They sold their fabs to Global and
> are 'rebalancing'.
> 
> https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/ibm_cuts_jobs_in_us/
> 
> Funny how IBM can fire 12,000 people and it gets a brief headline on the
> tech sites. Fire 12,000 government drones and it's the end of the world.

   IBM has proven itself to be resilient - shifting
   focus back and forth depending on the current global
   needs. If it fires 12,000 today it MAY hire 20,000
   a few years from now to exploit some new markets.

   As for the govt drones (half of which seem to be
   'probationary' employees yet getting all the perks)
   well, big/deep state is a POWER BASE and TAPPABLE
   CASH FLOW for some of the people who are REALLY in
   charge, so they DO freak about that kind of stuff.