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Re:Automated Refactoring of a U.S. Department of Defense Mai... by reallydude on Monday May 06, 2019 @06:11PM (#19844456)
> it was at least a 5 to 10 year effort for them to get to where AWS was a decade ago in their thinking.

> how they have survived can give you an idea of the way they think about things

I don't care. The speed of innovation will outpace IBM forever, at this point. I'm not going to leverage them in my lifetime, nor wold anyone else who is competent. There are lots of bottom feeders and IBMs spectacular age is legacy entrenchment, not a magic sauce.

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Re:Automated Refactoring of a U.S. Department of Defense Mai... by dev_dull on Monday May 06, 2019 @11:18PM (#19846174)
> There are lots of bottom feeders and IBMs spectacular age is legacy entrenchment, not a magic sauce.

This can actually be said of almost every “modern” technology now and hot startup now.

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