Whether they are or are not, why is it any of my concern? Or, more to the point, why should it be the concern of America as a whole? Does IBM have the right to hire whomever it chooses?
By lowering the value of software, which is currently a very important industry in the U.S.
Lowering the value of whose software? Their own? You'd like someone (The US Govt?) to stop them from affecting the value of their own products? Or maybe you'd like to stop them from lowering the value of the free products they're sending to Russia?
Why should the Russians buy anything from anyone else here, when IBM is buttering their bread for free?
Again, why should I care? What do you propose I, others, the US Govt do about it?
G.E. -- Is there any real harm, damage or threat that you can point to? All I see from your posts so far is vague, theoretical, future, possible stuff that might be bad for someone, somewhere.
Some people don't care, like Bill Clinton, who removed almost all export controls on software by executive order his last day in office. I personally would like to see our policy changed back, to where firms like IBM are once again restricted by law from providing technology to potential adversaries, and fined heavily when they do it.