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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 11:32:57 +0100
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On 2025-01-03 07:35, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> On 1/2/25 6:33 AM, D wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 2 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/01/2025 21:33, rbowman wrote:
>>>> wiw, the company I worked for at the times didn't find excellence 
>>>> either
>>>> and is gone. Come to think of it every company I ever worked for 
>>>> directly
>>>> or on contract is gone. Maybe I'm the kiss of death?
>>>
>>> Companies exist in a phase of 'rising star' 'mature' 'cash cow' and 
>>> 'death spiral'
>>>
>>> IBM for example died years ago - the company today is just the old 
>>> business services division.
>>>
>>> No company I ever worked for is extant today in anything like its 
>>> original form.
>>
>> I wonder if a new owner would be able to shake some life into z and p? 
>> As it is, IBM seems to be trying to kill those lines hard with high 
>> prices.
> 
> 
>    I've got a fair bit of IBM stock ... it's NOT "dead",
>    indeed pays pretty good interest. The corp just found
>    other ways to make a buck and is large enough to make
>    it work.
> 
>    But its core biz is NOT exactly what it was in the 80s
>    and previous.
> 
>    You still CAN buy an IBM mainframe - up to four linked
>    Big Black Z Boxes with impressive specs. Even runs the
>    IBM-branded RedHat if you want (many do). If you've
>    got a busy global biz, a good way to go.

I have a friend that got a new, very well paying, job at some job with 
IBM hardware and doing new things with it (including buying more 
hardware). Financial or bank sector.

They need hardware that is immensely capable and runs full time in some 
sectors.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.