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Article #623165Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Peter Flass
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:47
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 21:47
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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. -- Pete
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