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[–] queerlilhayseed@piefed.blahaj.zone 58 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It's an old joke from back when IBM was the dominant player in IT infrastructure. The idea was that IBM was such a known quantity that even non-technical executives knew what it was and knew that other companies also used IBM equipment. If you decide to buy from a lesser known vendor and something breaks, you might be blamed for going off the beaten track and fired (regardless of where the fault actually lay), whereas if you bought IBM gear and it broke, it was simply considered the cost of doing business, so buying IBM became a CYA tactic for sysadmins even if it went against their better technical judgement. AWS is the modern IBM.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 24 points 9 months ago

AWS is the modern IBM.

That's basically why we use it at work. I hate it, but that's how things are.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

if you bought IBM gear and it broke, it was simply considered the cost of doing business,

IBM produced Canadian Phoenix Pay system has entered the chat with a record 0 firings.