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| schestowitz[TR3] | "NOPE. It was Lou Gerstner who intentionally vaporized the IBM Basic Beliefs that every IBMer cherised for 70 years when he came in 4-1-93. 57 of those years under IBM founder Thomas J Watson Sr 42 years and his some Thomas J Watson Jr for 15. 1. Respect for the Individual. The Watsons TRULY LOVED their employees because Watson Sr had a tough upbringing in upstate NY and even began his career selling organs and sewing machines door | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | to door in a horse drawn carriage. He then did well at NCR only to be humiliated and fired. Respect meant ANY IBMer could request a mtg with ANY IBM EXEC with no retribution thru their Open Door and Speak Up Pgms. Gerstner was a pompous and arrogant man coming from McKinsey where they are taught they are the smartest peopl on the planet. I can see the first time somebody brought up RESPECT to Lou and he went irate. 2. Excellence i | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | n everything we do. Always the best. None of today's IBM's nonsense of "progress over perfection". BS. 3. Best Customer Service in the world. IBM was pretty much all hardware back then and the CEs customer engineers now SSR system support reps were the best of the best and highly trained and adored by customers. IBM today is like the boiler room on a steam ship. Do not hope or think it will get better. | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | no reactions | Reply | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @bk+1kn9yqq2x | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +2 | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @b5 I see it differently (25 years there) 12 before the G Man Gerstner and 13 after. | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | This from 2018...Imagine now India is 3 to 4x the size of US population. Chasing cheap labor offshore while IBM fades to black. Sad. India displaces the US as home of IBM's largest workforce. https://www.consultancy.in/news/432/india-displaces-the-us-as-home-of-ibms-largest-workforce | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Tens of thousands of great IBM US folks sacrificed for Arvind's homeland with a caste system. | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @bj+1kn9yqq2x | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +1 | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | @av I have been with IBM for just under 15 years. What drew me to this company was its heritage, values and culture. I actually cried when I arrived at HQ on my first day. However, I am crestfallen by what I see with RAs, endless acquisitions and partnerships, and extremely low morale. This breaks my heart. I hope this is all temporary and we will rise to the occasion of greatness like before. | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @bg+1kn9yqq2x | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +3 | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | It helps to understand what was going on at the time. As IBM shrank over the decades, Somers and Palisades were no longer required. Just like RA'd employees were declared as "surplus", so was the real estate. IBM sold each of those sites to real estate speculators who hoped to make a ki-ling. | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | The problem was...those speculators couldn't do it. It's extremely difficult and extremely expensive to redevelop "formerly single-use" properties, which Somers and Palisades definitely are. The counties have their hands out (Westchester and Rockland), putting all sorts of restrictions and expectations on what can be done in those places. In the meantime the physical plants at both sites were left idle, the infrastructure was left | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | to rot, and there are now major environmental issues to clean up before any sort of rebuilding can begin. | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | People often talk about abandoned car factories near Detroit, or old steel mills falling apart. These places are no different. IBM is not the company that it once was, and so these places are now bygone relics. | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | 7 hours ago by Anonymous | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | | 5 reactions (+4/-1) | Reply | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Post ID: @b5+1kn9yqq2x | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | +4 | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Made me cry. Joined in the early 80s. IBM should R.I.P. | Apr 04 05:20 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | " | Apr 04 05:20 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.consultancy.in | India displaces the US as home of IBM's largest workforce | Apr 04 05:20 | |
| schestowitz[TR3] | \ | Apr 04 05:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn8mbcxz#replies | Apr 04 05:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | "we use to make decent stuff | Apr 04 05:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | now it doesn't work or doesn't last | Apr 04 05:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | nothing to be proud of | Apr 04 05:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | but the stock market is up with its fictitious numbers" | Apr 04 05:21 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kn8mbcxz#replies ) | Apr 04 05:21 | |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Re: Latin 1 charset | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > Red Hat: Latin-1 character set under threat from Bishop Michael | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > Martin, North Carolina | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > https://techrights.org/n/2026/04/01/Red_Hat_Latin_1_character_set_under_threat_from_Bishop_Michael_.shtml | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > https://danielpocock.com/en/red-hat-latin-1-charset-under-threat-bishop-north-carolina/ | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > I've read the linked articles and they do not explain what Bishop | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > Michael Martin is trying to do to ISO 8859-1. | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > Am I missing something? | Apr 04 05:41 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Maybe better to ask Daniel. :) | Apr 04 05:41 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights — Red Hat: Latin-1 character set under threat from Bishop Michael Martin, North Carolina | Apr 04 05:41 | |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-danielpocock.com | Red Hat: Latin-1 character set under threat from Bishop Michael Martin, North Carolina | Apr 04 05:41 | |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Re: Latin / HTML glitch | Apr 04 05:46 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 04 05:46 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > | Apr 04 05:46 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > I missed the </ul> closing tag and maybe a couple of other things. They | Apr 04 05:46 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | > are fixed now. | Apr 04 05:46 |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | <li><h5><a href="https://www.neowin.net/news/a-popular-linux-distro-now-has-higher-system-hardware-requirements-than-windows-11/">A popular GNU/Linux distro now has higher system hardware requirements than backdoored Windows 11</a></h5><blockquote>If you thought running backdoored Windows 11 was hard on your PC and that you should switch to Linux, this popular GNU/Linux distro may not be an option anymore. | Apr 04 14:55 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | Ubuntu, a popular Linux distro, is getting a new version soon, and its requirements are seemingly higher than that of Windows 11. </blockquote></li> | Apr 04 14:55 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.neowin.net/news/a-popular-linux-distro-now-has-higher-system-hardware-requirements-than-windows-11/ ) | Apr 04 14:55 | |
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| schestowitz[TR3] | <li> | Apr 04 16:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | <h5><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/905946/windows-11-forced-obsolescence-linux-thinkpad">I saved a doomed Windows laptop by embracing Linux</a></h5> | Apr 04 16:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | <blockquote> | Apr 04 16:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | <p>All you have to do is reject Microsoft’s framing. It’s not safe to leave it on Windows 10, since Microsoft chose to stop offering security updates, and Windows 11 isn’t supported. But who says this laptop needs to run Windows at all? There’s another operating system that runs great on older hardware, is still actively maintained, and can prevent millions of computers from being scrapped be | Apr 04 16:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | fore their time. </p> | Apr 04 16:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | <p> That’s right: The secret to saving this laptop, and maybe yours too, is Linux. </p> | Apr 04 16:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | </blockquote> | Apr 04 16:21 |
| schestowitz[TR3] | </li> | Apr 04 16:21 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theverge.com | I saved a doomed Windows laptop by embracing Linux | The Verge | Apr 04 16:21 | |
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