[citation][nom]GBPackerNut[/nom]But yeah, IBM made some large leaps in technology here and there, but there is a bit of fluff in there also. Like how they like to make it sound like the SABRE project developed in the 60's is still running all of the bookings and such today. While yes SABRE is still around and responsible for most if the booking systems today, it is nothing like it was back then, and I guarantee you it isn't running on some ancient System/360's.Not to steal any of their thunder, but I just cant see where IBM has been at the front of any major technology breakthrough in the last 10 to 20 years.Intel, AMD, Motorola, Hitachi and others come to mind when I think about it.[/citation]
IBM invented the hard drive. Without IBM there would be no Hitachi (Who bought IBM's hard drive factory when IBM sold it to focus on services and not products). The "byte" unit of digital information was invented by IBM. No byte, no Intel, Motorola or anybody else. The latest smartphone is not a technology breakthrough, true technology breakthroughs do not happen on TV... they happen on Almaden, Haifa or any other IBM Research Center. Quantum computing research is being funded by IBM by the BILLIONS of dollars and there are fully functional quantum computers already working on the labs... just to mention ONE true technology breakthrough from IBM of the last 20 years. Get your facts right.