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Subject: Re: Past Blast - "Wonder Woman 1984" - Corp Guy Using PET
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2025 01:48:34 +0100
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On 05/04/2025 23:46, c186282 wrote:
> 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

How much did the Lone Skunk get in Subsidies eh?

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