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pytlicek wrote: post #88

getatme32 wrote: post #39

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IBM hasn't made a product that works since Db2 so I am fairly confident this is a flaming pile of garbage.

No, you are wrong. IBMer here. I was at first agains it, my background is for 2 decades startup(s) before I joined IBM, and I started slowly using IBM Bob and I must say it is really good and helping. With many integrations that works :)

Is it true that employees have to earn Bobcoins before they can use Bob?

Re: IBM Bob

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Post by Stitch4223 » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 5:42 PM UTC

That was fast.

The copy is "clearly" written with AI… too bad. Some organizations "can't go wrong with Big Blue," so this will probably be a success. Perhaps it's even good, but that's not the case with this sloppy copywriting.

First paragraph: focused, what matters, clean. Shame they didn't throw in a "load-bearing" example and a few pelicans to boot.

Re: IBM Bob

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Post by Apocryphon » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 5:43 PM UTC

DeathArrow wrote: post #22

31 years after Microsoft Bob, IBM releases it's own IBM Bob. :)

Better than IBM Tay.

Re: IBM Bob

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Post by zimbu668 » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 5:45 PM UTC

nateglims wrote: post #134

kingleopold wrote: post #125

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yet hp exist after decades, just a terrible printer corp going long term is insane really

I suspect their enterprise computer business creates more revenue than printers.

Printers are just a loss leader for toner.

Re: IBM Bob

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Post by thunderson » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC

0xWTF wrote: post #107

So much for the "THINK" motto.

/THINK

Re: IBM Bob

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Post by chuckadams » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 5:46 PM UTC

r2ob wrote: post #38

swiftcoder wrote: post #32

At least it's not Clippy?

At least it's not Clippy(2)

Copy of At least it's not Clippy(2)

Re: IBM Bob

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Post by philipov » Fri, Sep 04, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC

kylecazar wrote: post #139

kingleopold wrote: post #125

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yet hp exist after decades, just a terrible printer corp going long term is insane really

They're the 2nd biggest PC manufacturer in the world. Sell more computers than Dell, Apple, etc. Only beaten by Lenovo.

and Lenovo is itself an IBM spinoff.

   After the company rebranded itself to Lenovo, it merged with IBM's PC business which produced its ThinkPad line in 2005, after which it rapidly expanded abroad. In 2013, Lenovo became the world's largest personal computer vendor by unit sales for the first time, a position it still holds as of 2024.