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by isostatic 2443 days ago
IBM is still around. So is Microsoft. So is Google.
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IBM is basically on life support milking their consulting business and pretending Watson does stuff it doesn’t to further their consulting business.
IBM was unstoppable, then Microsoft came from nowhere.

Microsoft was unstoppable, then nonexistent Google appeared.

(yeah, microsoft/google/apple have vied for "current top money vaccum")

As a reminder, Microsoft is the largest company in the world and has a 25% larger marketcap than Google.

I find it funny that so many people think Microsoft was "stopped" by Google. They adapted and they are stronger now than in the 90s as a business.