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]]> By: IBM Has Been Temporarily Banned From New Federal Contracts | QuickNews http://www.rtfa.net/2008/03/31/epa-suspends-ibm-from-doing-business-with-federal-agencies#comment-426 IBM Has Been Temporarily Banned From New Federal Contracts | QuickNews Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:06:45 +0000 http://rtfa.net/2008/03/31/epa-suspends-ibm-from-doing-business-with-federal-agencies/#comment-426 [...] rtfa.net [...] [...] rtfa.net [...]

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]]> By: IBM Takes A Hit - Suspended From New Federal Work | QuickNews http://www.rtfa.net/2008/03/31/epa-suspends-ibm-from-doing-business-with-federal-agencies#comment-421 IBM Takes A Hit - Suspended From New Federal Work | QuickNews Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:13:52 +0000 http://rtfa.net/2008/03/31/epa-suspends-ibm-from-doing-business-with-federal-agencies/#comment-421 [...] rtfa.net [...] [...] rtfa.net [...]

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://www.rtfa.net/wp-content/plugins/identicon/1dbfccb5aee1eaf.png" alt="farkinga Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> farkinga http://www.rtfa.net/2008/03/31/epa-suspends-ibm-from-doing-business-with-federal-agencies#comment-419 farkinga Identicon Icon farkinga Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:47:27 +0000 http://rtfa.net/2008/03/31/epa-suspends-ibm-from-doing-business-with-federal-agencies/#comment-419 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">Ilium</a>, I think our society will crumble if we have to go cold-turkey from our mainframe overlords. 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. This is sure to put a TON of pressure on IBM. In the style of Vonnegut’s Ilium, I think our society will crumble if we have to go cold-turkey from our mainframe overlords.

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.

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