Years of being one-upped on AI and cracking down on innovation turned the poster child for Silicon Valley cool into a dinosaur.

Google is the new IBM::Years of being one-upped on AI and cracking down on innovation turned the poster child for Silicon Valley cool into a dinosaur.

  • dakial@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    8 months ago

    I’m an ex-IBMer (For 3 years, recent years) and never heard of this motto. Not saying it is a lie, just that it might not be as widespread.

    But I agree with the commenter. My opinion is that IBM went from being run by engineers to be run by “used car salesmen” that care little for the tech and much more for the end of year bonus. I’ve seen leadership pushing fron clear multi million undeliverable projects just to get their signing bonus and bail.

    Google seems to be in the same direction and this is a consequence of its own size.

    I think there is a research opportunity on those big tech companies to generate another excellent theory like “Innovator’s Dilemma “

    • sleepmode@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      Never heard that phrase used there either. But uh… can confirm the rest. It’s a bummer to say the least.