I can think of nothing more peak HN than criticizing a company worth $282 Billion with $6 billion in profit (for startup kids that means they have infinite runway and then some) that has existed for over 100 years with "I'm not even sure what they do these days". I mean the problem could be with IBM... what a loser company!

:) As much I love ragging on ridiculous HN comments, I think this one is rooted in some sensibility.

IBM doesn’t majorly market themselves to consumers. The overwhelming majority of devs just aren’t part of the demographic IBM intends to capture.

It’s no surprise people don’t know what they do. To be honest it does surprise me they’re such a strongly successful company, as little as I’ve knowingly encountered them over my career.