Then there was Microsoft's odd about-face. It partnered with long-time nemesis -- and Red Hat rival -- Novell. I believed the move was a thinly veiled plot to knock Linux leader Red Hat down a few pegs.
The consensus in comments we see is, IBM is a terrible place to work in, treatment of its workers is appalling, it's utterly foolish to relocate in an effort to retain a job at IBM, and it's foolish to join the company in the first place