Sure. IBM is noted for hiring only misfits and losers with no sense of how to maintain a business. Amazing how they maintain such a massive market share! /s/
I am pretty certain that IBM will outlive everyone posting on this site and if they saw a massive slow down in orders and business in September, it has less to do with their business acumen than the tenor of business as a whole.
Lotus notes if ironclad proof of incompetence. It seems it is poorly designed on purpose with a heavy dose of soviet union Era efficiency thrown in.