http://www.platformonomics.com/2008/04/ibm-pulls-late-april-fools-prank/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:01:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.platformonomics.com/2008/04/ibm-pulls-late-april-fools-prank/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Sushil N Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:13:21 +0000 http://66.147.242.168/~platfor7/2008/04/ibm-pulls-late-april-fools-prank/#comment-124 <p>"featuring stock photography of cool kids at least three decades younger than the average mainframe operator. "times are changing my friend.I'm 27 and have worked on the mainframe for that past 7 years.Long live the mainframe.</p> "featuring stock photography of cool kids at least three decades younger than the average mainframe operator. "times are changing my friend.I’m 27 and have worked on the mainframe for that past 7 years.Long live the mainframe.

]]> http://www.platformonomics.com/2008/04/ibm-pulls-late-april-fools-prank/comment-page-1/#comment-123 PaulSweeney Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:17:09 +0000 http://66.147.242.168/~platfor7/2008/04/ibm-pulls-late-april-fools-prank/#comment-123 <p>I just don't get the IBM obsession with Second Life: an environment for conferencing? really? Perhaps I am a tad (of light) away from the gamer generation, but people I always thought SL was IBM's way of saying we can handle massive internet scale infrastructure, why don't you outsource it to us? I think Amazon may have eaten their diner in what will become, one of the classic strategic plays of modern times.</p> I just don’t get the IBM obsession with Second Life: an environment for conferencing? really? Perhaps I am a tad (of light) away from the gamer generation, but people I always thought SL was IBM’s way of saying we can handle massive internet scale infrastructure, why don’t you outsource it to us? I think Amazon may have eaten their diner in what will become, one of the classic strategic plays of modern times.

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