who are IBM's competitors ??

[Newbie's Journey]

I know IBM sell computer, business solution, etc. and it's doing business everywhere around the global. But what are other companies that offer the same kind of products and are able to compete with IBM. is HP one of IBM's competitors ? what are others ? please give me some names. Thank you !

 

[xLostx]

the computers from the commercials which are $1 a day

 

[Newbie's Journey]

yeah i know couple companies that sell computers, such as dells, alienwares, etc. but IBM = international business machine, i think one of his major sector of activities is to sell business solution, like making a information system for a company. Who else are major players in this sector ?

 

[CommunistPenguin]

Considering that IBM just sold it's PC division I don't think they are really focusing on competing with PC manufacturers.

 

[gh0st]

HP, Dell, Cisco, Xerox, Sun, Canon, Toshiba, Apple, etc. all compete with IBM.

 

[dream431ca]

the computers from the commercials which are $1 a day

Aren't those companies selling IBM computers??

I hear everytime I see that commercial "Get your very own genuine IBM computer."

 

[Feath]

Doesn't IBM refer to the type of computer, not the actual? As in IBM-Compatible computer. I haven't seen that written down for ages.

 

[gh0st]

I believe IBM Compatible is refering to the OS that IBM created in the early days of the PC.

 

[Feath]

IBM PC compatible refers to a class of computers which make up the vast majority of smaller computers (microcomputers) on the market today. They are based (without IBM's participation) on the original IBM PC. They use the Intel x86 architecture (or an architecture made to emulate it) and are capable of using interchangeable commodity hardware. These computers also used to be referred to as PC clones, and nowadays, just PCs.

That's what Wikipedia says.

EDIT

I believe IBM Compatible is refering to the OS that IBM created in the early days of the PC.

Old games always used to say it. It just meant "You need a PC".

 

[johnshafft]

IBM no longer stands for International Buisness Machine, they droped that nomenclature awhile back and now are just IBM. they were trying to loose thier stoggy corporate culture

IBM is in the Networking, Server, and super computer/distributed computing market. Some of thier relivancy in the game market is that they currently offer a backbone network that some MMPOGs are using. Steam might even be using it...

 

[dream431ca]

Old games always used to say it. It just meant "You need a PC".

The old IBM OS was DOS. I think...

 

[gh0st]

The old IBM OS was DOS. I think...

No DOS was developed by a third party programmer in Washington, it was purchased by Microsoft and released.

 

[>>FrEnZy<<]

HP, Dell, Cisco, Xerox, Sun, Canon, Toshiba, Apple, etc. all compete with IBM.

'compete' wouldnt be the right term there ghost. This industry is an onglomorate, which means that they cooperate with each other to maximise thier profits.

 

[gh0st]

'compete' wouldnt be the right term there ghost. This industry is an onglomorate, which means that they cooperate with each other to maximise thier profits.

Not necessarily. They have to in some respects. Lets face it, how do you get printers from Xerox to work with OS/2/IBM, Solaris/Sun, or OSX/Apple? So of course theres some cooperation, but I assure you they are all very much in it for themselves

 

[Cuddlez.ini]

No DOS was developed by a third party programmer in Washington, it was purchased by Microsoft and released.

Yes but the very first company ol' Billy boy licensed DOS to was IBM. They need an Operating System for their "Revolutionary PC". Except DOS sucked (No idea why they didn't use UNIX<-- Could you imagine? A world with M$!!). But IBM didn't think there was going to be any money in software, only hardware...

That was the quite possibly the biggest business mistake EVER!

 

[MarcoPollo]

My grandpa is on the list of whos who on IBM's biggest break through year. And they screwed him over. But I think basically every major computer company. And my friend josh who can make a computer in like 3 minuets.

 

[>>FrEnZy<<]

Not necessarily. They have to in some respects. Lets face it, how do you get printers from Xerox to work with OS/2/IBM, Solaris/Sun, or OSX/Apple? So of course theres some cooperation, but I assure you they are all very much in it for themselves

Competition usually implies that seperate entities compete to provide the best products and the best prices for the public. This is a good thing. How ever, onglomorates cooperate to provide products to the public at costs they set themselves. For example, the oil companies in arabia get together and decided they are gonna pump up their prices. It has nothing to do with how much oil there is left or whats the best possible price they can provide according to their ability to supply and public demand. It has everything to do with how much money they can suck out of the public for their products. This is the same with this huge computer companies, they come together and set prices, they dont compete with each other to provide the lowest possible price for the public. This is also why IBM thought that there was no money in the software industry, because software barely costs money to reproduce, Because a cd costs less than 50c, and copying data only takes time. however, because these big companies got alot of power, they were able too change the laws of copyright to suit them, so even though it costs them a few cents to produce windows 2000, you end up paying 140$ for it.