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		woah on Jan 28, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nvidia’s $589B DeepSeek rout It could have been great for IBM if they had done things differently

dralley on Jan 28, 2025 [–]

IBM probably couldn't have done things differently given the antitrust scrutiny they were under. And that was likely the best outcome for the industry anyway.

protocolture on Jan 28, 2025 | [–]

Agree completely. I would hate to have seen what would have happened if IBM could legally prevent the clean room reimplementation of their bios.

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