Next Week's Bloodbath At IBM Won't Fix The Real Problem

Re:Next Week's Bloodbath At IBM Won't Fix The Real Problem by antics on Monday January 26, 2015 @04:24AM (#8946154)

johansch, you were wrong in such a fundamental way about this subject that it is hard for me to believe you know anything about it at all.

If you have any suggestions about how I can phrase this in a way that makes you both comfortable, and that still makes it clear that I do not believe you have any business speaking on this subject, then I am 100% happy to listen to you. :)

I'm sure you're otherwise intelligent, but this is an area where you should probably just listen.

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Re:Next Week's Bloodbath At IBM Won't Fix The Real Problem by johansch on Monday January 26, 2015 @06:39AM (#8946513)

Ok, so.

You first write:

"The mainframe market is still $10B" and then

"the mainframe accounts for a quarter of IBM’s revenue" (that would be about $25B).

Which one is it? :)

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Re:Next Week's Bloodbath At IBM Won't Fix The Real Problem by antics on Monday January 26, 2015 @12:53PM (#8948403)

It's both.

$10B are spent each year on sales of actual mainframe computers. [1]

The article quoted in the last article claims that everything you sell around mainframes, like services, is a quarter of revenue.

Now, it's your turn to do something for me. Don't respond if you're not willing to read before you speak. I should not have had to explain this to you.

[1] http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-10-1006_en.htm

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