Before replying I looked at your profile and read some of your previous posts. It is clear that you are somehow knowledgable on all things blue. This may be just due to your geography or because of more concrete connections. Whatever the case 66,000 is relatively small to the IBM of yester-day/year/decade. I was an IBMer in the 00s and 66,000 is smaller than it used to be. Moreover it is a lot smaller than how people remember the mighty Big Blue. I can not imagine any IBMer saying that number was not relatively small unless they had just finished on-boarding.
Do you know what percentage of these HW/SW engineers are in research? (i have no idea)
Do you know what percentage of these HW/SW engineers are in research? (i have no idea)