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Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing (www.techradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't IBM broken up into different hardware and software companies? Or an I thinking of someone else

[–] RunawayFixer 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not ibm. You might be thinking of Bell: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Nah that's obvious. There was a major supercomputer company that split up their hardware and software soon after software wasn't strictly for one machine anymore.

[–] RunawayFixer 1 points 7 months ago

Which company?