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From: Jeff Savit [mailto:jsa...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2018 8:06 PM To: li...@akphs.com Cc: ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IBM Z and cloud "MBAM"? I'm guessing that's MBA "something" I haven't had a chance to do more than skim the article, but it doesn't look good at all. On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 4:51 PM Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com <mailto:li...@akphs.com> > wrote: Mohammad Khan wrote, in part: >May be Ginny & friends don't want to be left out of all this cool cloud talk >at the parties, so they made the claim. It's not like that there is a >Cloud(TM) certifying authority that will shut them up :). Indeed. That’s what I’m getting out of this: it’s MBAM, only worse. And is going to doom IBM if they don’t smarten up. Article I tripped across, badly edited but trenchant: https://seekingalpha-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/seekingalpha.com/amp/article/4205420-sad-decline-international-business-machines I (like most on this list) have made my career around IBM. I’ve had my frustrations with it, but it’s been Big Blue and a good thing for decades. Now it seems bent on self-destruction, and I’m watching its death-spiral and wishing I knew some way to stop it. I suppose Ginny & co. may feel the same way, but they sure don’t *appear* to be worried: it feels like it’s “full speed ahead, that can’t possibly be an iceberg up there!” and that’s both sad and scary. I’m not likely to give up on it – I have a proven track record of sticking with things long after it’s sensible, I’m afraid – but I can’t say I’m enjoying the current arc. …phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
