IBM Hong Kong gets more diplomatic about denying report of 100,000 looming layoffs

Yesterday, Impact@IBMHK, “the official IBM Hong Kong blog,” went ballistic on longtime tech pundit Robert Cringley over his reporting that Big Blue stands ready to ax some 100,000 employees in a massive corporate reorg code-named Project Chrome.

Today, under the cover of equally unequivocal but more temperate denials from IBM spokespeople in the U.S., IBM Hong Kong has softened its tone.

Here’s what the IMB Hong Kong blog said yesterday:

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Network World Paul McNamara