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A rant on products without purpose (fasterandworse.com)
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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Gun to my head, I would never be able to tell you what the fuck that company sells

similar to IBM's business really: invoices, lawsuits, and (at meta level) Vibes

Benioff is quite a piece of work

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

But invoices have to be for something, right? Like IBM has hardware and the best-in-industry vendor lock-in. My alma mater is going to be paying for that IBM Mainframe in the basement that runs the entire fucking school until the Sun itself abandons us.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 4 months ago

No, invoices need to be for “something”. There are many, many businesses in this world that make constant bank on bullshit

Your alma mater isn’t paying megabux to support that mainframe itself, relative to IBM’s total income, but I bet you’d find many extras tacked on that make a significant contribution