Louis Gerstner Has Died, His Legacy of Mass Layoffs at IBM Hasn't
An hour ago, another sign of IBM layoffs in Japan:
Meanwhile, "Louis Gerstner, the former CEO and chairman of IBM, died on Saturday, aged 83." This article is discussed in thelayoff.com.
Two surviving comments at the moment: "The Cookie Monster ! he only proved you don't need to know anything about computers or technology, in fact, it's probably better if you don't. He did nothing special or heroic. He simply chopped, slashed and burned, anyone can do that. What they never talk about is the "leadership" that got IBM all Fk-up in the first place. He was nothing special, just another run of the mill "executive"."
It's alleged that critics of him are censored now: "Few hours ago, there was a thread on this forum about Lou Gerstner recent demise. In the comments, no one did shed any tears. The thread was deleted most likely for some political correctness bullsh1t. Following the same logic, no one should be saying anything disrespectful about Hilter the NA-I since died many years ago. Gerstner was one of the sc-m of the earth. It is a fact."
Months ago: The Gerstnerisation of Microsoft
Hagiographies will follow. They will say he "saved" IBM. █