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"I disagree with you when you say “no end in sight” There certainly is an end in sight as there are only 30-35k USA folks left with that number representing all plants, labs, TSS service, back office and sales. IBM has hit the bottom of the barrel when it comes to employee reduction in first world envio’s NOTE there is a certain amount of IBM employees that must remain in country

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TSS must remain in country as that’s where the USA customers are Same equation for sales.

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IBM plants and labs must remain in country because the infrastructure already exists there, PLUS IBM likes the patent/trademark protection afforded by the USA legal system

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Executive management loves the life they lead in a first world country so QED

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IBM behind the scenes support (CIO, accounting, support, etc etc) will NOT remain in country because labor in India has become an affordable commodity. Also because the internet has made labor easily moved and finally AI has automated a lot of back office functions.

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If we look at each division you can already see the hollowing out of the NA head count

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Consulting = most perform has been offshored Why Labor is a commodity

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Infrastructure = everything except enterprise mainframe for the most part has gone to Mexico, with the rest of infrastructure (cloud, and lab services) being partnered out

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SW = IBM has adopted a purchasing of innovation vs developing it. That means IBM laid off redundant employees, because they will just buy them now. There is one VERY unique exception to the “no end in sight” rule, and that is support for acquired SW. IBM will offshore the support as it matures and moves to legacy. The SW offshoring component will never end, as IBM will always be buying innovation, so IBM will always be laying o

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ff support staff. As IBM’s innovation grows or shrinks, so IBM’s layoffs will grow or shrink, but only after 1-2 years as support becomes legacy. "

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I see more IBM Consulting as well as CIO Cuts

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There will probably be voluntary due to people not wanting to go back 3 days a week

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A few people moved further away during COVID and got Houses more for less when rates were in the High 2’s to low 3’s

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In any case Alvind and the Pipmunks got rewarded heavily with stock

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His perk package for 2024 was north of 86 million

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Krabinaugh got about 37 million

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'His perk package for 2024 was north of 86 million'

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is his painting equivalent to Picasso's

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did he invent the cure for cancer

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sigh, something is very wrong here

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his contribution to society does not match his pay

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gerorge carlin midlife school running

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<li><h5><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/school-board-approves-letter-ag-120500466.html"><span class="date">2025-02-15</span> [Older] School board approves letter to AG for PowerSchool data breach </a></h5></li>

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<li><h5><a href="https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-busts-large-scale-cyber-attacks-1.500036918"><span class="date">2025-02-15</span> [Older] Kuwait busts large-scale cyber attacks </a></h5></li>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.yahoo.com | School board approves letter to AG for data breach

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-gulfnews.com | Kuwait busts large-scale cyber attacks

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<h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/lutris-0-5-19-brings-better-proton-handling/">Lutris 0.5.19 Brings Better Proton Handling</a></h5>

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<p>Lutris, a free and open-source gaming platform for Linux, has unveiled its latest version, 0.5.19, with a strong emphasis on enhancing Proton integration. </p>

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<p> That said, the platform no longer offers DXVK, VKD3D, D3D Extras, or DDXVK-NVAPI on Proton versions because Proton itself now handles these elements. This change ensures that Proton fixes are successfully applied and prevents any unnecessary overlap in functionality. </p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Lutris 0.5.19 Brings Better Proton Handling

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<h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/niri-25-02-wayland-compositor-released/">Niri 25.02 Wayland Compositor Brings Tabbed Columns, Shadows, and More</a></h5>

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<p>Over a month after its previous 25.01 release, Niri, the scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor, rolls out a new 25.02 version, unveiling a wealth of new features and improvements. </p>

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-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Niri 25.02 Wayland Compositor Brings Tabbed Columns, Shadows, and More

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmqdy58a

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Spot on ! and because of this flooding of the market with so many people with extremely questionable IT skills from India, you have events like the Boeing crashes. ZERO quality of course, and it all comes down to American management greed and cost cutting. After all, you can buy fake certificates from the best Indian universities if you are willing to spend a few rupees, and pay the hawkers for a certificate or two on the streets o

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n Bengalaru. It's a racket, and contributes to deterioration of the IT job market worldwide.

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After all, many of those H1B visa holders have no real IT skills, but come real cheap. You get what you pay for - and of course, more plane crashes. The cycle continues. "

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmvdvncg

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Sorry to read that yet more jobs will be gone in Europe and the head cutting continues. But of course, many jobs will be moving to Alvind's home country, India. Promises to keep to Modi, of course.

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After all, it is clearly stated in the article that IBM is "cutting some projects or moving them to cheaper countries". Which country is cheaper than Alvinds's home country, eh ?

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Best thing to do is boycott IBM products and avoid them like the plague since they are not top of the line any more. After all, when you hit IBM executives in the pocketbook, and they cannot make their profit numbers, they will be called into one-one meetings and let go too. It's a vicious circle, but that is what capitalism is about. Right, Alvind ?? All good (and bad) things come to an end. Even IBM.

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But the dividend better not get touched.

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The article shared above is dated 10. April 2024. So I’m assuming this already happened. Not saying more won’t come, but the article itself isn’t current.

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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-description-of-patent-should-always.html?showComment=1740307054310#c2288354169099375252

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"The point about file wrapper estoppel is a good one. Such a concept is not embedded in patent monopoly law in Europe, and so it is difficult to make direct comparisons to practice in the US. On the other hand, looking at patent monopoly law across the world, it is clear that the description amendment practice in Europe is the exception and not the rule, and there are plenty of jurisdictions that do not amend descriptions but yet d

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o not have a cast-iron file wrapper estoppel rule.<br /><br />Assuming that file wrapper estoppel is off the table, it is interesting to contemplate what post-grant practice in Europe would look like if we stopped adapting descriptions to claims as allowed. As the first anonymous pointed out, if the claims are afforded a broader interpretation than might be expected based upon amendments made during prosecution, this represents a d

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ouble-edged sword for the patent monopoly proprietor. On the one hand, the greater claim breadth provides an advantage for the purpose of capturing alleged infringements. On the other hand, the greater breadth is a liability when it comes to demonstrating patentability over the disclosures of the prior art.<br /><br />Of course, none of these potential (dis)advantages would be likely to arise in a scenario where an identical approa

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ch claim interpretation is adopted both pre- and post-grant. It therefore seems that stopping the description adaptation practice would only cause problems for third parties in cases where (a) the patent monopoly office adopts a different claim interpretation practice to the national courts and (b) the national courts bifurcate infringement and validity proceedings.<br /><br />Whilst those in Germany might be inclined to view (a) a

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nd (b) as facts of life, I think that we need to start thinking more broadly, and to question whether such practices are in fact obstacles to the establishment of a coherent and just patent monopoly system.<br /><br />By the way, I also think that we need to remember that all non-claimed embodiments (or subject matter) in the description provide context for the invention. If the claims will be interpreted in the light of the descri

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ption, then deleting or changing such context risks inadvertently changing the meaning of terms used in the claims."

-TechBytesBot/#techbytes-ipkitten.blogspot.com | The description of a patent should "always" be used to interpret the claims (DexCom vs. Abbott, UPC_CFI_230/2023) - The IPKat

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