“Watson€®” is a Lot More Offensive Than “Whitelist” and “Master”
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-07-25 12:13:37 UTC
- Modified: 2020-07-25 12:13:37 UTC
But banning words is a lot easier for IBM than abolishing brands (which billions of dollars were invested to prop up, e.g. pretending "Watson€®" -- as per Wikipedia's puff piece about Thomas J. Watson below -- is some benevolent magician that can solve any problem)
Summary: IBM insists that "Watson€®" is the 'final solution' to every problem; it also insists that words -- not corporate behaviour (like endless greed in pursuit of power) -- are the real problem
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