> On Nov 29, 2017, at 4:13 PM, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Quantum computing. Cognitive computing. > > Back in 1990-95, as I recall, IBM had KT, ESE, TIRS, and IBM Prolog for 370 > (which ran on VM and MVS). > > How many here know what any of the above products were? > > Anybody ever have a copy to work with or know of any shop that had one of > those products in production? > > I happen to know of two installations back in those days. > > And so now IBM is pushing Cognitive computing, and talking about Quantum > computing. > > It seems to me that the chopping block is being used to cut costs in an > effort to have a positive Earnings Per Share -- while buying as many shares > as they can. > > Yeah, there is blood in the water. > > Regards, > Steve Thompson
The latest buzz word is education on the computer. IBM tried that 40 years ago and it was an abysmal failure. Pretty soon they are going to make a pizza making MF. Now, how do you deliver a 20 ton computer with a flat top to a neighborhood that has narrow streets? Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
