[email protected] (john gilmore) writes: > This morning's New York Times, which perhaps not quite all of you see, > contains a piece attributing IBM's unexpectedly good financial results > to sales of new mainframes.
from bloomberg/businessweek IBM Gains After Raising Profit Forecast on Software Demand http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-07-19/ibm-gains-after-raising-profit-forecast-on-software-demand.html from above: Software sales advanced 17 percent, evidence that Chief Executive Officer Sam Palmisano is making headway on efforts to bulk up in that area, in addition to services, IBM's mainstay. Together, the divisions accounted for 80 percent of IBM's sales in the quarter, up from 65 percent a decade earlier. ... snip ... -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
