IBM is finished
Anyone ever try their cloud? Every other web page and link is broken. Signing up for a paid account with a credit card is incredibly difficult. Then try launching a bare metal server. You’ll keep getting errors every time you try launching one, only to realize that you’ve launched them all and are being billed for it. It’s like the whole thing is strung together with glue and bubble gum. And it’s been this way for years.
And you’d think they would have long fired the head of their cloud unit for overseeing such a broken mess. But nooooo they’ve promoted him to CEO in a pathetic attempt to have their own Satya Nadella moment. Now they’re totally fucked!
As a former IBMer it’s really sad to see this all play out. But it all makes sense to me now. It’s a company that’s amazing at pushing the boundaries of fundamental computing tech but has no clue how to create a user experience or develop new successful product lines organically. Or at least not since the 80s.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
