On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Oron Peled <o...@actcom.co.il> wrote:
> On Friday, 8 בJune 2012 20:07:20 Gerry Reno wrote: > > On 06/08/2012 01:04 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > That is only assuming that Windows on ARM is successful, of which so > far > > > there's been precious little indication. > > > > There is a tidal wave of these PC ARM devices coming: > > > > http://www.itworld.com/hardware/240039/qualcomm-targets-pcs-takes-aim- > intels-ultrabooks > > Hmmm... we've seen this "Windows-on-non-x86" movie twice before: > - Remember Alpha's? Digital (RIP) really thought MS would give them the > keys to the kingdom. There was a released version. It was good enough > to frighten Intel at the time (which was probably the reason MS did > it). Linux sold manyfolds more Alpha's than Windows. > > - Ahhh, and of course MS found new suckers who bought the same > used story few years later (yes, I'm talking about Windows/PPC > that lived a very short life). > > So far, MS failed misserably in the cellular space so there's a good > chance their exclusionary move on ARM will only help convince vendors > that shipping Androids (and by extension other Linuces) is safer bet. > > -- > > I heard (a rumor?) that MS has 100,000 phones in the public. Granted, it's not much, but it might be a start.
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