IBM back in the USSR?

My book, The Decline and Fall of IBM, is now available in paperback, on the iPad and Nook, as well as on the Kindle. A dozen other platforms plus an audio book will be available shortly, but these are the big ones. Over the weekend I received a very insightful message about the book from reader Steve Jenkins in Australia, where IBM is showing the same behavior problems as everywhere else. Steve has an insight into Big Blue that I wish I had thought to include in the book because I believe he is absolutely correct. "Finished your ebook, but… [Continue Reading] Continue reading at 'Betanews'

[ Betanews | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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