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There are several big tech companies who are not good at anything other than making and managing money. Inertia machines like IBM, Oracle, and probably some other ones you can think of...

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I have no actual idea about the state of the AI industry, but I was under the impression IBM was doing pretty well there, as well as in quantum computing R&D. But that's based largely on the obvious products they provide in those fields.

I don't think I'd miss Oracle if they ceased to exist tomorrow, though. Aside from VirtualBox.

Valid point. Some aren't very good too.

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