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Re:Why Microsoft’s reorganization closes the books on an era... by apapli on Sunday July 14, 2013 @08:59PM (#6043033)
Would we really consider IBM as a come back? From a B2B and patent revenues perspective I concede this could be a possibility, but from a B2C perspective, surely that ship has already sailed?
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Re:Why Microsoft’s reorganization closes the books on an era... by whatusername on Monday July 15, 2013 @01:02AM (#6043799)
Remember that IBM Posted an 8 Billion Dollar loss in 1992. It was on the verge of being broken up. To go from there to a ~$212B Company with Revenues of $104B and Income before tax of $21B. --> I think IBM still counts as one of the biggest corporate turn-arounds in history.

IBM was never any good at B2C. Getting back to B2B played to it's strengths.

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