IBM Criticism
Comments in this cluster predominantly criticize IBM for dysfunctional practices, overhyped marketing, lack of innovation, and poor business decisions like acquisitions and sales tactics.
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Sounds like IBM... They can be pretty dysfunctional.
Is IBM just a marketing company now?
i mean... it's IBM so what did we really expect?
You're going a little easy on IBM.
Typical IBM marketing > reality
That’s just IBM sales for you. :)
That's rich coming from IBM
IBM does, don't ask me why.
I'm sure IBM's marketing department would love you to believe that ;-)
Seems like IBM was innovative back then. What happened?