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IBM Wants CPU Time To Be A Metered Utility

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the from-my-cold-dead-fingers dept.

kwertii writes "IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano announced a sweeping new business strategy yesterday, pledging $10,000,000,000 towards redefining computing as a metered utility. Corporate customers would have on-demand access to supercomputer-level resources, and would pay only for time actually used. The $10 billion is slated for acquisitions and research to put the supporting infrastructure in place. Will this model revolutionize the way companies compute, or is this plan doomed to be another PCjr?"

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  1. Isn't this a return to Timesharing by nevis · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How is this revolutionary. IBM oporated this way for years up to and following the advent of the PC. This is just a cyclical evolution much like dumb terminals to thin clients.

  2. Let me be the first to welcome IBM... by cats · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Back to 1960.

    You have no chance of survive. Make your time.
    Cats

  3. Re:In other news by haz-mat · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ahh yes, those captains of industry, those masters of the computing beast, who reside in their ivory tower of pure business practices, nestled in redmond, Microsoft. They are the true inovators of this land, and should be rewarded for their impecable virtues. Thank god for their production of the greastest ideas in the world. who would want to own software when they can rent it bug free and fully monitored from Papa Bill and his many friends at Microsoft....

    andifyoudidntcatchthesarcasmgodhelpyou

  4. Re:In other news by GotSanity · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Russia declares US no longer the "Capitalist Pig-Dogs" they once were.