Very true. The salient point is that they will continue to design the chips. That's a similar business model to ARM who do very well indeed without having to fab a single chip.
On 08/02/2014, at 1:07 AM, "Farley, Peter x23353" <[email protected]> wrote: > Nah, just the same-old, same-old -- if a line of business doesn't have high > enough margins or the potential for same, get rid of it. That's been the > mantra in Armonk for a long, long time. > > I forget which IBM CEO it was who promised share owners at an annual meeting > (or was it a stock analysts meeting? Not sure now) that IBM would never stay > in any low-margin business, and they have been remarkably consistent about > keeping to that philosophy over the decades. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Pommier, Rex > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 11:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT? IBM looking at leaving the chip manufacturing business? > > So current IBM management looks like they're trying to break the company into > a bunch of smaller companies like Akers(?) tried to do several years ago??? > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 10:34 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: OT? IBM looking at leaving the chip manufacturing business? > > http://www.itworld.com/hardware/403814/reports-ibm-explores-sale-semiconductor-business > > -- > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If > the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail > and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
