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Posted by: John Hawkes
Date/Time: 17/01/26 16:01:00

Mr Ixer

Your knowledge of IBM and its products are superior to mine !

"Tempus fugit"😁

As regards digging over IBM's involvement with Nazi Germany, I think this is better left to historians and not Googlers looking for axes to grind.

Probably few companies operating at the time could be said to have totally clean hands regarding this issue.

That was then; the world moves on and their current activities should be the focus of attention.

Your involvement with IBM hardware predates mine.

I joined the company as the 1400 series era came to an end and the 360 range was introduced and started to dominate mainframe computing.

A very far sighted and successful business decision that was the making of the company and revolutionised corporate business computing.

However you are right to point out that later IBM got many things wrong.

Its move into personal computing was damned by its insisting  PCs should run with a 'proper operating system', the unwieldy and over engineered OS/2.

Cue Microsoft Windows and Bill's billions.

Then it decided it needed AIX, its own operating proprietary operating system for the RS/6000 for those who wanted a UNIX machine.

Again too clever by half and unnecessary.

I think the AS/400 for mid-range businesses was a success provided you could handle the constraints of RPG !

Now IBM's business model seems to be based upon offering cloud computing and AI and especially the consultancy and professional services that go with them.

My pension depends on its success !😟

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Iran13/01/26 22:50:00 Gerry Boyce
   Re:Iran14/01/26 10:41:00 John Hawkes
      Re:Re:Iran14/01/26 11:01:00 Gerry Boyce
   Re:Iran14/01/26 11:00:00 John Hawkes
   Re:Iran14/01/26 12:34:00 John Hawkes
      Re:Re:Iran14/01/26 22:58:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Re:Iran14/01/26 23:05:00 David Ainsworth
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 11:32:00 John Hawkes
         Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 07:29:00 Michael Brigo
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 08:26:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 11:03:00 Gerry Boyce
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 11:14:00 Robert Wheeler
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 11:18:00 Lucille Grant
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 11:26:00 Gerry Boyce
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 11:27:00 Gerry Boyce
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 11:59:00 John Hawkes
                  From far beyond the reach of reason15/01/26 12:01:00 David Ainsworth
                     Re:From far beyond the reach of reason15/01/26 12:21:00 John Hawkes
                        Re:Re:From far beyond the reach of reason16/01/26 08:51:00 Michael Brigo
                           Re:Re:Re:From far beyond the reach of reason16/01/26 11:13:00 John Hawkes
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:From far beyond the reach of reason16/01/26 12:15:00 Michael Brigo
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:From far beyond the reach of reason16/01/26 13:30:00 John Hawkes
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:From far beyond the reach of reason16/01/26 14:19:00 Michael Brigo
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:From far beyond the reach of reason16/01/26 15:39:00 John Hawkes
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:From far beyond the reach of reason16/01/26 16:35:00 Michael Brigo
                                    Reply16/01/26 16:52:00 Sue Hammond
                                       Re:Reply16/01/26 17:16:00 Michael Brigo
                           Re:Re:Re:From far beyond the reach of reason16/01/26 17:10:00 Andy Pike
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:From far beyond the reach of reason16/01/26 17:15:00 Michael Brigo
                                 Reply16/01/26 21:58:00 Sue Hammond
                                    Re:Reply17/01/26 09:47:00 Michael Brigo
                                       Re:Re:Reply17/01/26 10:32:00 Andy Pike
                                          Reply17/01/26 11:19:00 Michael Brigo
                                             Re:Reply17/01/26 12:14:00 Sue Hammond
                                                Re:Re:Reply17/01/26 12:36:00 Michael Brigo
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Reply17/01/26 12:47:00 Sue Hammond
                                          Re:Re:Re:Reply17/01/26 12:05:00 Gerry Boyce
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply17/01/26 12:31:00 Andy Pike
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply17/01/26 12:34:00 Michael Brigo
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply17/01/26 13:41:00 Andy Pike
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply17/01/26 14:20:00 Lucille Grant
                                                Reply17/01/26 15:23:00 Michael Ixer
                                                   Re:Reply17/01/26 16:01:00 John Hawkes
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply17/01/26 16:13:00 John Hawkes
                                       Re:Re:Reply18/01/26 14:52:00 John Hawkes
                                          Re:Re:Re:Reply18/01/26 17:58:00 Gerry Boyce
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply18/01/26 19:03:00 Michael Brigo
                                    Re:Reply17/01/26 15:30:00 John Hawkes
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 18:19:00 Lucille Grant
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 11:56:00 John Hawkes
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 13:01:00 Gerry Boyce
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran15/01/26 13:37:00 John Hawkes
   Re:Iran15/01/26 16:03:00 John Hawkes
      Re:Re:Iran16/01/26 11:01:00 Steven Rose
         Re:Re:Re:Iran16/01/26 11:29:00 John Hawkes
         Re:Re:Re:Iran16/01/26 12:03:00 David Ainsworth
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran16/01/26 13:57:00 John Hawkes
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran16/01/26 16:56:00 John Hawkes
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Iran16/01/26 17:17:00 Michael Brigo
      Re:Re:Iran16/01/26 11:07:00 John Hawkes

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