Oh yeah. IBM and Bill Gates. We remember it well around here.
The “down south” the article refers to is Boca Raton, Fl. So many neighborhoods that once housed IBMers turned into complete dumps after the company moved the bulk of the operations to North Carolina. It’s always kind of amazing to me that IBM had a big research lab here at that time.
IBM was a huge part of our local economy. The company was no match for Mr. Gates.
https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories...at-catapulted-. html
Hilarious that one of IBM’s execs told Gates that he wouldn’t want to be in his shoes and have to compete with IBM !
https://tech-insider.org/personal-co...1993/0816.html
Off topic I guess ...