But you know - it would be funny if somehow Open Weights are the thing that completely save IBM

Linux already served as a life-preserver for them also.

It was a brilliant move at the time for IBM, and has helped them shift their business more into providing services and support.

I imagine they are panicking a little with LLMs reducing the reliance on external companies for software support, so they are really hoping to shift it to on-prem AI, which is where the bias in his statement comes from.