IBM Loves Power (and Nuclear POWER, or Expensive OpenPOWER) More Than It Loves GNU/Linux
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-08-01 15:30:33 UTC
- Modified: 2020-08-01 15:30:33 UTC
Openwashing power (very expensive hardware that needs dishonest marketing to sell) and political power, but power is still power and one day it'll be misused really badly as it's the region most likely to inflame nuclear conflict in the coming years
Summary: As we noted last week, IBM is very close to Modi because it is moving a lot of its workforce to India [1, 2] and this can become a future liability to IBM's reputation (or lack thereof) as a tolerant firm
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