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Wayne.B

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:58:19 -0400, wrote:

IBM doesn't make much here. They are very profitable because they sell
offshore equipment at premium prices and broker offshore technical
assistance. They make heavy use of contractors and business partners
here in the US. They are hiring because they have laid off or retired
all of the higher paid employees. My only warning to kids taking those
jobs, is watch your back.

Have they closed the big mainframe assembly operation in Poughkeepsie
and the chip making plants in Fishkill and Burlington?

Pretty much. I think there are still a few high end chips made in
Fishkill but the bulk of the chips were coming form the Pacific rim
when I retired in 96.
Mainframes are not those big honkers we had in the 20th century. It is
as likely to just be blades in a rack as anything.

That's too bad. IBM was always an important part of the downstate NY
economy and they attracted a lot of good people to the area.