Yeah, the patent everything method sounds more plausible for money making. I was pretty surprised when I heard the stories too. As an example, apparently the LSB and MSB are backwards at IBM, so like their "MSB" is our "LSB", or something like that. Other things like Dual-rail dynamic domino logic are called something wholey different I heard...
I am not so sure as to their conditions for release or kept under wraps. That's an interesting question I'd like to know myself.
IBM is pretty crazy when it comes to advanced research in any of its fields.
I have heard of stories from researchers there that IBM has its own terminology for alot of technical EE/CS stuff, as they discovered it way before the world did but were so secretive they didn't publish any of it.
I'm not surprised if IBM has enough tech in search to seriously knock down Google!
This OSS thing comes as a surprise, as it contradicts their secretiveness about their research.
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Yeah, the patent everything method sounds more plausible for money making. I was pretty surprised when I heard the stories too. As an example, apparently the LSB and MSB are backwards at IBM, so like their "MSB" is our "LSB", or something like that. Other things like Dual-rail dynamic domino logic are called something wholey different I heard... I am not so sure as to their conditions for release or kept under wraps. That's an interesting question I'd like to know myself.
IBM is pretty crazy when it comes to advanced research in any of its fields. I have heard of stories from researchers there that IBM has its own terminology for alot of technical EE/CS stuff, as they discovered it way before the world did but were so secretive they didn't publish any of it. I'm not surprised if IBM has enough tech in search to seriously knock down Google! This OSS thing comes as a surprise, as it contradicts their secretiveness about their research.