On Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:24:36 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
> "Nobody" <
nob...@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:n0hfea$bpu$1...@news.albasani.net...
>> On 10/24/2015 5:39 PM, JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>> On 2015-10-24, Nobody <
nob...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>> ... would cause a person to take immense pleasure in every misfortune
>>>> and downturn to befall IBM, simply because they support Linux?
>>>
>>> IBM is a services company. They will support anything that allows them
>>> to make money.
>
>
>>> I think our band of trolls are the only ones that actually refer to
>>> them as a "Linux company".
>
> If you're going to lie JED, then don't make claims that are so easily
> proven to be wrong.
>
> "Linux company IBM has pulled out a $2bn lead over
> 4th rate mircorshaft in just as many days."
> <0Q30t.26404$zh5....@fx22.fr7>
In what way did your quote prove Jed lied about what he thinks?
>
>
>
>>> ...that just goes to show how ignorant of the real world these troll
>>> are.
>>
>> It only takes a trip to IBM's site to relieve their ignorance:
>>
>>
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/ibmwatson/?lnk=buwa
>>
>> "What is Watson?
>>
>>
> Watson is a pie-in-the-sky project at IBM that doesn't work out in the
> real world and is losing the company billions.
>
> <quote>
> IBM Struggles to Turn Watson Computer Into Big Business Revenue Is Far
> From Company's Ambitious Targets
>
> Three years after International Business Machines Corp. began trying
> to turn its "Jeopardy"-winning computer into a big business, revenue
> from Watson is far from the company's ambitious targets.
>
> Watson is having more trouble solving real-life problems than "Jeopardy"
> questions, according to a review of internal IBM documents and
> interviews with Watson's first customers.
>
> </quote>
>
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304887104579306881917668654
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_%28computer%29
" In 2011, Watson competed on Jeopardy! against former winners Brad
Rutter and Ken Jennings.[3][6] Watson received the first place prize of
$1 million.[7]"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDBZnaoJVlk
"IBM Watson: Smartest Machine ever built - Documentary"
http://www.fastcompany.com/3001739/ibms-watson-learning-its-way-saving-
lives
"IBM'S WATSON IS LEARNING ITS WAY TO SAVING LIVES
A FEW YEARS AGO, IBM’S NEW COMPUTER WAS A GAME-PLAYING CURIOSITY. NOW
WATSON IS POISED TO CHANGE THE WAY HUMAN BEINGS MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT
MEDICINE, FINANCE, AND WORK."
>> While M$ plays around with tiles and start menus, and Crapple cranks
>> out miniature trash cans, IBM is busy inventing the future.
>
> While MS and Apple are making billions of dollars, IBM is laying off
> employees,
So are Apple and MS.
> selling their business units
All businesses buy and sell business units as they change over time.
> and swirling down the toilet
> bowl.
In your hate-filled dreams.
>
>> And to think Watson is just a part of what IBM is up to.
>
> And to think, Watson is just a part of IBM that's not making any money.
https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/45884.wss
“We are making significant progress in our transformation, continuing to
shift IBM’s business to higher value, and investing and positioning
ourselves for the longer term," said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman,
president and chief executive officer.
"In 2014, we repositioned our hardware portfolio for higher value,
maintained a services backlog of $128 billion and achieved strong revenue
growth across cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security. Together
these strategic imperatives grew 16 percent in 2014 and now represent $25
billion and 27 percent of our revenue.”
That "analytics" word in there refers to Watson. I point it out because
I know there's no way you would get that on your own.