The IBM Consent Decree (which ran from 1956 until 2001 for its last provisions) probably had a far bigger impact on IBM's business strategy and options ... just harder to analyze. It didn't directly affect either the rise or decline of the mainframe :) https://www.justice.gov/archive/atr/public/press_releases/1996/0715.htm
On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 10:50 AM Bill Johnson < [email protected]> wrote: > Google has its own chatbot. Still, chatbots are years away from reliable > use. MSFT’s has been shown to be somewhat unreliable. > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 5:00 PM, David Crayford < > [email protected]> wrote: > > IBM appears to have returned to its strength of conducting top-class > research and development, which was always its forte. However, as the > saying goes, nothing lasts forever. Google's reign as the world's > dominant force may be the next to end. It seems that ChatGPT is on track > to disrupt Google Search to such an extent that it will become > irrelevant, and Microsoft is well-positioned to take advantage of the > situation. While many people criticize Microsoft, it was a brilliant > move by CEO Satya Nadella to reinvent the company, much like Lou > Gerstner did with IBM in the 1990s. Those were certainly the days! > > > On 1/3/23 05:15, Phil Smith III wrote: > > https://spectrum.ieee.org/ibms-fall-from-world-dominance > > > > > > > > Not negative overall, just recognizing that things have changed, for the > > most part. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
