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Article #623172Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: JimP
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:11
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:11
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:39:17 -0400, Richard Thiebaud <thieba...@aol.com> wrote: >On 06/21/2018 10:48 PM, J. Clarke wrote: >> On Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:47:13 -0400, Peter Flass >> <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote: >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> We have had realistic alternatives since the 80's. What re need is a >>> realistic alternative to the sheeple who won't see it. >> >> First you need to make a case that it's actually a realistic >> alternative. If it makes us replace our current staff with one ten >> times the size in order to do manually all the stuff that we now do >> using features unique to Windows that are not replicated on other >> platforms, then it is not a win. >> >What features are unique to Windows? BSOD.
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