<story><title>The Decline and Fall of IBM</title><url>http://www.cringely.com/2014/06/04/decline-fall-ibm/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TheMagicHorsey</author><text>I haven&amp;#x27;t read Cringely before.  Is he a trustworthy reporter, or a sensationalist?  I will buy his book if he&amp;#x27;s a sober observer.  I just hate these kind of books usually though, because they are often the product of sensationalists looking to make a quick buck.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>smacktoward</author><text>His book &amp;quot;Accidental Empires&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Empires-Silicon-Millions-Competition/dp/0887308554&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Accidental-Empires-Silicon-Millions-Co...&lt;/a&gt;), and the PBS documentary miniseries that was based on it, &amp;quot;Triumph of the Nerds&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Nerds-Bob-Cringely/dp/B00006FXQO/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1401912503&amp;amp;sr=1-1&amp;amp;keywords=triumph+of+the+nerds&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;Triumph-Nerds-Bob-Cringely&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;B00006FX...&lt;/a&gt;), are both terrific, must-read&amp;#x2F;see histories of the dawning and maturity of the age of personal computing. The doc is especially fascinating now because it was made in the window of time after Steve Jobs&amp;#x27; failure at NeXT, but before his triumphant return to Apple -- so it provides a glimpse of him humbled and circumspect, which is a very different tone than that he took in nearly every other public appearance ever.&lt;p&gt;Cringely&amp;#x27;s more recent work has been kind of hit or miss, though.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Decline and Fall of IBM</title><url>http://www.cringely.com/2014/06/04/decline-fall-ibm/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TheMagicHorsey</author><text>I haven&amp;#x27;t read Cringely before.  Is he a trustworthy reporter, or a sensationalist?  I will buy his book if he&amp;#x27;s a sober observer.  I just hate these kind of books usually though, because they are often the product of sensationalists looking to make a quick buck.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jmsduran</author><text>It depends on who you ask. As a former IBM&amp;#x27;er, I can attest that many of the employees I worked with turn to Cringely and the IBM Alliance [1] for IBM-related news and rumors.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.endicottalliance.org/jobcutsreports.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.endicottalliance.org&amp;#x2F;jobcutsreports.php&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>