No, you are wrong. IBMer here. I was at first agains it, my background is for 2 decades startup(s) before I joined IBM, and I started slowly using IBM Bob and I must say it is really good and helping. With many integrations that works :)
replyIs it true that employees have to earn Bobcoins before they can use Bob?
replyYou get more bobcoins by using your old allowance and running out, then submitting GitHub issues that get ignored.
replyWhen people say they have been in startups for long periods, does this mean they worked at a chain of failed companies?
replyis bob helping with ur writing too? ;p
replyAre you allowed to use Cursor, Codex, Claude, or OpenCode or is Bob all they allow?
replyOfficial policy is to only use Bob. All of the best people I work with are using other tools because Bob is trash.
replyI have been told only Bob is allowed but not 100% on that.
replyWhat is good about it then? What model do you use? Which integration are we talking about? Is it open source? How much the "transparent pricing" "bobcoin" is worth?
replyIt's not good, they hide the model (their whole thing is hidden model routing to keep costs low, but predictably yields bad results), there are no novel integrations not available in any other harness, it's closed source, and bobcoin is worthless because it's only usable with Bob.
replyLol
replylol, I've used it and Bob is a dumpster fire.
replyNot an IBMer, but IBM MQ and Sterling Connect:Direct are both solid, I use them daily and they work wonderfully, although they can be a real bitch to set up and use in certain scenarios.
replyA bit of hyperbole by me since db2 was made in 1983. But MQ was created in 1993. Sterling was an acquisition. The majority of products that actually work were acquired. Very little if anything of value since 2005+ that was actually IBM created. (Bob appears fully IBM created)
replyI wish you study the Wikipedia page, please. it's a very old company and we have invented really cool stuff.
replysigned: a proud IBMer
What makes you proud about IBM currently? IBM’s “RA” culture fostering Machiavellian politics, singleminded view of next quarter’s success, and asinine yet draconian bureaucracy are three out of MANY reasons why I’m embarrassed to have had IBM forced into my career and got the hell out as fast as possible each time.
replyI don't work at IBM but there are many things to admire. e.g. You can take software written 40 years and run on a new IBM system today without even recompiling it thanks to the Machine Interface.
Have fun trying to run a 40 year old C++ program.
replyeasy.
reply"claude, get this c++ program working"
these types of moats are all but obliterated.