The perception of who's 'alive' really depends on the perspective. If you're dealing with software solution consultants you can't get around IBM - but if you're a small software developer you might just as well never have heard of them.
just for the record, take a look at the revenue and employe numbers to see what has changed since the 1960s (big blue is still on top):
Services revenue is mostly consultants salaries too.
What I mean, that software and advertisement margins are generally higher, than for hardware and services.
just for the record, take a look at the revenue and employe numbers to see what has changed since the 1960s (big blue is still on top):
IBM $95.75 billion / 399'409 (2009)
Microsoft $62.48 billion / 89'000 (2010)
Apple $65.23 billion / 49'400 (2010)
Google $23.65 billion / 23'331 (2010)