Re: Past Blast - "Wonder Woman 1984" - Corp Guy Using PET

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.