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Article #623164Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:24
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:24
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On 2018-06-20, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote: > On 6/20/2018 12:30 AM, Quadibloc wrote: > >> On Saturday, April 21, 2018 at 8:35:51 AM UTC-6, >> Gareth's Downstairs Computer wrote: >> >>> ... by its monopolistic attitude towards the PC now >>> that the World and its family are moving en masse to the >>> ARM processors? >> >>> Is the PC also dying in the light of the RPi3, a 64 >>> bit processor available for the price of a few bananas? >> >> Although I thought Microsoft was doing just fine with its x86 >> orientation - it has a foot in the ARM camp too, but there it >> doesn't offer the ability to run all those old applications... >> >> apparently they agree with you in part at Microsoft. >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/18/microsoft_e2_edge_windows_10/ > > So Microsoft *can* move to other processors! I'd like to see the DEC > Alpha chip updated to the current micron state of the technology... > IMHO we need realistic alternatives to the x86 architecture. Once we have a realistic alternative to Microsoft, the problem solves itself. -- /~\ cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid (Charlie Gibbs) \ / I'm really at ac.dekanfrus if you read it the right way. X Top-posted messages will probably be ignored. See RFC1855. / \ Fight low-contrast text in web pages! http://contrastrebellion.com
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