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		klelatti on Jan 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple Reports First Quarter Results IBM lost their status because the centre of gravity of the computing world moved on, not because of any product quality issues.

lotsofpulp on Jan 27, 2022 [–]

Not selling what people want is a better way to phrase it.

klelatti on Jan 27, 2022 | [–]

Right and the think it’s very likely that Apple will remain a very big player in smartphones for a long time - even today IBM dominates mainframes even if no one really cares.

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