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Re:OpenAI employees did not want to go work for Microsoft by zlg_codes on Friday December 08, 2023 @07:37PM (#38576940)
So IBM/RH can't be big because the biggest makes more money...? We've had two exchanges and I'm still trying to understand why this matters.
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Re:OpenAI employees did not want to go work for Microsoft by xcv123 on Friday December 08, 2023 @08:54PM (#38577558)
This is very basic stuff. You are overthinking it.

Microsoft is in the group of "big five" tech companies (Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft). IBM is not in that group.

The reason for that is IBM is significantly smaller in terms of revenue and market cap and so on. IBM exists in a tier below the "big tech" level. This is how company sizes are measured.

Very simple. Not complicated.

Server operating systems are a small fraction of Microsoft's business.

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