rtfa.net - Latest Comments in EPA suspends IBM from doing business with federal agencieshttp://rtfa.disqus.com/RTFAenTue, 01 Apr 2008 16:47:27 -0000Re: EPA suspends IBM from doing business with federal agencieshttp://www.rtfa.net/2008/03/31/epa-suspends-ibm-from-doing-business-with-federal-agencies#comment-3681859<p>This is sure to put a TON of pressure on IBM. In the style of Vonnegut's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilium%2C_New_York" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilium%2C_New_York">Ilium</a>, I think our society will crumble if we have to go cold-turkey from our mainframe overlords.</p><p>Part of IBM's deal is that they make it possible to outsource hardware management of computing resources. IBM can do things like watch your hardware for a failure, and then send out a tech to replace the component within the hour. It's expensive, but it obviously makes sense sometimes.</p>farkingaTue, 01 Apr 2008 16:47:27 -0000