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

On 4/5/25 4:20 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 5 Apr 2025 04:39:30 -0400, c186282 wrote:
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    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 .........

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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.
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IBM seems to be shuffling out the door. They sold their fabs to Global and
are 'rebalancing'.
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https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/27/ibm_cuts_jobs_in_us/
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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