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by isaacpei 4535 days ago
it was funny that just 3 days ago wallstreet journal talked about this: IBM Struggles to Turn Watson Computer Into Big Business http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230488710...

It would be more convincing if Watson accomplished some real knowledge archievment such as finding a cure for a specific disease, or publish some papers enhance our understanding of some research topics ...

Unix starts small, it works. Google starts small, it helps us tremendously. Haven't seen something starts as a big business plan can success greatly? even Microsoft started small ...