top | item 46932567 (no title) sumedh | 21 days ago > Where our platforms are controlled by power hungry megacorporations and our software is over-engineered garbage.So similar to IBM in the 80s. Time for a scrappy little startup to disrupt the industry. discuss order hn newest Levitating|21 days ago > So similar to IBM in the 80sIn 1980 IBM earned 3.56 billion dollars[1] (15 adjusted for inflation). Apple earned 416.16 billion in 2025, Alphabet 402.8 billion.[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/17/business/earnings-ibm-net...
Levitating|21 days ago > So similar to IBM in the 80sIn 1980 IBM earned 3.56 billion dollars[1] (15 adjusted for inflation). Apple earned 416.16 billion in 2025, Alphabet 402.8 billion.[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/17/business/earnings-ibm-net...
Levitating|21 days ago
In 1980 IBM earned 3.56 billion dollars[1] (15 adjusted for inflation). Apple earned 416.16 billion in 2025, Alphabet 402.8 billion.
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/17/business/earnings-ibm-net...