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From: James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: {OT} Will ARM take over the world?
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:48:30
Message-Id: loom.20121210T163755-276@post.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Will ARM take over the world? by Alan McKinnon
1 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes:
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4 > You have neglected to mention the single most important factor
5 > of all:
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7 > inertia
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9 > Human groups are loathe to change things that already work good enough
10 > for something that works better. Intel works good enough.
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12 Windows and Linux will be indistinguishable to the masses of users.
13 Everyone is cheap, so the price of Intel processors will plunge.
14 Arm, being ethereal by nature, is far too fleet-footed for the
15 aged behemoth, known as Intel.....
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17 The planet is CHEAP, and that has, shall and will dominate....
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19 Not to mention there'll be a big party of technologists (competitors?)
20 just waiting to piss on Intel's corpse.....
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22 James