Yes, I'm using a Fox TV show to make a point on slashdot. If you assume that the kids are average public school students, and the contestants are average adults, then I think it's pretty obvious where kids should go for their education.

In all seriousness, the public vs homeschool debate is moot. What makes the most difference is parenting. Parents who care and are involved will raise successful and productive children.

Actually, they do. $19B dollars' worth. That's a lot of software, or about 20% of their total revenue (for 2007, at least). Services (or solutions) revenue is tracked separately.

Granted, the software IBM sells is a solution to a problem. But to say that IBM doesn't sell software is like saying Gap doesn't sell clothes; they sell a solution to the nakedness problem.