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Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...

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From: J. Clarke
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 02:48
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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.
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