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Re:IBM Lost the Cloud by lbriner on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:59AM (#28748493)
Isn't this a well-known part of a company's lifecycle. You stop innovating and try and live off of your previous reputation. Yes, there is inertia and sticky customers but ultimately, people will eventually ask why they pay a premium for something that they can get equally well elsewhere. Usually, by that time, you cannot recover your position.

At least Microsoft learned this before it was too late and went hard into cloud, Linux and open-source.

Re:IBM Lost the Cloud by didntknowya on Monday October 04, 2021 @04:49PM (#28751908)
yea when you've built a reputation to a certain point there is less motivation to innovate. any mistake you do have less consequences as well, so if you fail your clients will just shrug and go "well it's IBM.... if they can't do it then nobody can"