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impulser_today at 8:04 PM9 repliesview on HN

People have been saying that for over a decade now, and their business is still going.


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jrflotoday at 8:06 PM

Their entire business is predicated on search dominance, which is now on much shakier footing. Agreed that those comments were ridiculous pre-ChatGPT, but now they have a genuine challenger.

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michaelttoday at 10:09 PM

IBM is also still going, believe it or not. 260k employees, 200 billion market cap, $67 billion revenue.

I'm not sure what they do these days - it's about 20 years since I used an IBM Thinkpad to connect to an IBM pSeries.

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reaperducertoday at 8:52 PM

People have been saying that for over a decade now, and their business is still going.

So is IBM.

There was a pretty interesting article in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks back about how IBM is flying under the radar, and doing well by not taking the hype bait.

It noted that 70% of all credit card transactions on the planet go through an IBM system.

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optimalsolvertoday at 8:11 PM

So is IBM.

Eldttoday at 8:13 PM

Isn't IBM still going?

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PunchyHamstertoday at 9:43 PM

IBM's business is still going so I dunno what your point is

fragmedetoday at 9:07 PM

I dunno about going strong. $1,000 in Microsoft stock in 1990 would have made you a multi-millionaire today. $1,000 in IBM stock in 1990 would make you a ten-thousandaire today.