We have three servers running IBM software, but we have to have a fourth server runing IBM BigFix and ILMT in order to produce reports for IBM, or their third party auditing company. The software is awful and complicated and flakey and needed some very intensive sessions to get the softwware installed and running.
We also need quarterly meeting to review our software estate, it is probably costing them more in licence mangement than we pay in licencing fees.
IBM are eating themselves. They will only have a value of the IP and patents in around 2 years and will be bought out by a Chinese company, likely Lenovo.They are stupid and lost the plot about 30 years ago, it is just surprising they have kept going this long.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
