IBM Will SQUANDER Whatever Lead It Has In Quantum Computing. They Will Lose The Race. They Have, Consistently, Since 1981.

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 Cracks me up when I hear folks say that IBM will be the leader in Quantum Computing.   

And YES, Pigs will FLY.

IBM, somehow, as of 1981, managed to perfect the REVERSE MIDAS touch.

IBM 'created' the Personal Computer (PC). It, however, was never a leader when it came to PCs & eventually sold its entire PC business to Lenovo.

In the 1980s, 70% of commercial networks were based on IBM technology. I KNOW. It was my specialty. Today nearly all networks, commercial or otherwise, are based on public-domain protocols, e.g., TCP/IP.

IBM never succeeded in the areas now dominated by Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

IBM, twenty-years ago WAS the leader in AI. Now it is in the 'also played' category.

What we today call 'Cloud Computing' was IBM's wheelhouse in the 1970s & 1980s. Mainframe computing, IBM's undisputed prowess, is ALL cloud computing. IBM was doing cloud computing before there was cloud computing. Again it is now in the 'also played' category.

In the 1970s & 1980s IBM was BIGGER than its next 5 competitors put together. They were called the 'BUNCH'. Burroughs, Univac, NCR, DCD and Honeywell. Look what happened to them. IBM has done better than them, but not by much.

Trust me IBM will SCREW-UP when it comes to Quantum Computing.

Something to do with management & culture.

Today's managers are NOTHING like the ones that made IBM GREAT.

I KNOW. I was at IBM in the glory days.

I am a PROUD ex-IBMers. When cut, even now, my blood runs blue. [IF you don't understand that statement, you don't know IBM!]

I made a good living for 50 years being an IBM expert. So I kind of do know a bit about IBM.

I will NOT bet on IBM when it comes to Quantum Computing. I definitely wouldn't. That is why I am taking time to warn YOU about it to. Down the road YOU will thank me.

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