[phone[phone]]

> Not sure how IBM folks could not see this opportunity just because it was smaller scale than "what they did"

They thought it was a fad - that centralized systems (coincidentally, the machines they made) would be the computing platform that people would pay-per-minute/pay-per-hour/pay-per-month to access remotely. They wanted to be an information utility - a supplier to all - instead of selling a small, low margin box for one-time revenue.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair

[folsom]

So you are saying that they were too far ahead of their time.

[phone[phone]]

Sure, we can go with that

[jhoechtl]

Are you talking about Microsoft Azure?

[phone[phone]]

No but thanks for play

[kragen]

google, fecebutt, amazon, and azure seem to be doing okay with centralized systems providing continuing revenue

[phone[phone]]

I didn't say the model was wrong - I was just saying there were focused on it

[kragen]

it's true, they were