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IBM Says its Future is in Services, Not Goods
TFGeditor writes "An article at Technology Review quotes IBM exec Paul Horn saying that the company's business model is shifting from goods and products to software and services. From the article: 'Horn's challenge, then, has been to take a $6 billion research organization dedicated to work that advances technology products and get it to do work that benefits service businesses. IBM is thus in the process of answering an important question for all technology companies: can corporations perform useful research in the services arena?'"
Can we please remove this fucktard's feeding tube? Clearly there's nothing in her/his cranium other than spinal fluid and fecal matter. Keep on believing that you're smarter than IBM. In the meantime, we'll keep buying and selling dipshits like you (so-called "services") for a monstrous profit to customers who also buy our hardware and software. Why are they buying our hardware, software, and services? Because it's the application that makes business work, not "making something." Maybe you haven't taken economics or business 101 yet. With profoundly retarded comments like this, it's doubtful you've taken driver's ed yet either. You said it yourself, "They're making lots of cash right now..." And the strategy will ensure that continues to happen long into the future. What were you expecting? Mainframes alone to keep the lights on?
Why hire developers for $120K a year when you have thousands of people working in mom's basement for free? IBM doesn't even need to outsource to India when there are tons of people who are willing to work for no pay at all. I fucking LOVE open source!
I hope this is a shift for the good. Speaking as a frustrated AIX admin, I'd love to see IBM shift their focus to quality and hardening of their software base. Our shop abuses any OS you give us, so we knock all the corner cases out, and I'll tell you, AIX has more than I'd like to admit.
And I would much rather live in a country full of doctors and biologists and engineers than a country of assembly line workers and farmers. The aforementioned jobs all translate to a higher quality of life.
Mhm.... doctors, biologists and engineers...oh, you mean intelligent people?
America cant be that...Im sorry, the US population proved their incredible naivite and plain low IQ level when they chose GWB as their president... TWICE...
For christ's sake... TWICE!
I mean... i think it says it all really...
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