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The landing/marketing page for this looks like something someone promoted/vibe coded including the Bob mascot. Looks awful from a design perspective. Had to double check that this was the actual IBM domain
I thought they were resurrecting Microsoft Bob, the operating system for kids. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob
MS Bob was for adults… although there were kid dedicated areas, like the den, and I seem to remember packard bell navigator being a kid-friendly reskin.
Nobody got fired for using IBM Bob
I feel second hand embarrassment for IBM. Terrible name, subpar landing page, no mention of coding ability or which LLM "Bob" uses. If you're launching something 2 years late, you've got to do better than this.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Printers are just a loss leader for toner.
If you put 90% of the electronics into the cartridge and the printer box is just a paper feeder - that's not exactly surprising.
transparent, predictable ... "a certain number of Bobcoins" ... so not that transparent then?
Someone must have thought about this. PMs, Directors, lots of people involved in putting this together. I wonder what their target customer is. They must have analyzed and projected this. I'm genuinely interested.