On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Oron Peled <oron@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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