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IBM to acquire Confluent

(www.confluent.io)
443 points abd12 | 2 comments | 08 Dec 25 13:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.018s | source
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notepad0x90 ◴[08 Dec 25 15:01 UTC] No.46192971[source]▶
This is so fascinating to me. I mean how IBM keeps taking over other companies, but they consistently deliver low quality/bottom-tier services and products. Why do they keep doing the same thing again and again? How are they generating actual revenue this way?

Ok, so does anyone remember 'Watson'? It was the chatgpt before chatgpt. they built it in house. Why didn't they compete with OpenAI like Google and Anthropic are doing, with in-house tools? They have a mature PowerPC (Power9+? now?)setup, lots of talent to make ML/LLMs work and lots of existing investment in datacenters and getting GPU-intense workloads going.

I don't disagree that this acquisition is good strategy, I'm just fascinated (Schadenfreude?) to witness the demise of confluent now. I think economists should study this, it might help avert larger problems.

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GhosT078 ◴[09 Dec 25 01:19 UTC] No.46200151[source]▶
IBM is where good (acquired) software goes to die. RIP Clearcase.
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1. raverbashing ◴[09 Dec 25 10:19 UTC] No.46203339[source]▶
good? That POS is the one SW that 100% deserves it place in hell
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2. GhosT078 ◴[09 Dec 25 14:21 UTC] No.46205191[source]▶
Yes it really was quite good despite all the hate it seems to get in internet comments. I used it for several years. The feature set, particularly config specs and dynamic views, was brilliant. The product was pretty mature and complete 25 years ago. I agree that administration was complicated and performance could be slow if misconfigured. We configured right, it was very intuitive and pleasant to use. IBM has effectively killed it by continuing to charge an excessive premium while adding nothing significant since they bought Rational (for Clearcase, DOORS, Apex etc.)