Well stated Babaoriley:
"The fact that Doc Taylor had so long ago come up with his concepts and has worked them in sub-optimal conditions and gotten as far as he has, and now we get this IBM announcement, what does that tell you about this man?"
Here is what IBM has in the way of forces to reach goals:
" IBM will also put more than 3,500 IBM researchers and developers to work on Spark-related projects at more than a dozen labs worldwide."
Rather sobering is it not?
https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/47107.wss