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

On Sun, 6 Apr 2025 01:47:35 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 05/04/2025 21:20, rbowman wrote:

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.

 
I thought it was nearer 12 million...

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/01/07/what-the-data-says-
about-federal-workers/

That would be a good trick but it's not a bad idea.