Big Blue could close it’s doors tomorrow and still be one of the most profitable corporations in the world.
It owns about 1 out of every 4 patents on the books!
IBM's world wide profits in 2009 were slightly more than the profits Apple posted in just ONE QUARTER in 2010. Apple is four times more profitable than IBM... and posts revenues about 2.5 times what IBMs world wide sales are. IBM's sales dropped 2% YoY quarter for quarter... not bad compared to the industry, though. Apple's surged 33%.