IBM: A Separate Reality?  —  We knew the bottom-line numbers, after I.B.M. jumped the gun by three days and announced its surprisingly strong profits and sales figures on Monday.  But what was striking in the company’s conference call on Thursday afternoon was the unhedged optimism in its outlook for 2008 …

Source:   Bits

Author:   Steve Lohr

Link:   http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/17/ibm-a…