Better yet if IBM wants to play the politics game perhaps those states should replace IBM products software and services from companies that don’t threaten states who do what they determine is best for their citizens.
Money talks.
I would start an immediate campaign to root out Apple products being used by state agencies in every state under Republican control. Probably just force them to meet competitive bid specs will do it. The Education establishment has long favored Apple due to marketing campaigns starting back in the 1970s.
I would like to see a lot more reliance on Linux, then we can say a pox on all the Homo-Fascist computer companies.