Re: I once actually learned something from this group

On Oct 2, 1:05=A0pm, aku ankka <ju...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Oct 2, 5:02=A0pm, chrisv <chr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>

> > Well, the issue of "how terrible it is that we are locked in to X86"
> > keeps coming-up.
>
> More like locked to Windows. I don't have that x86-lock-in issue with
> any UNIX / BSD / Linux box I've ever had. It just keeps coming up that
> the x86 offers a good value, anything comparable on other
> architectures would be more expensive with less hardware sup****t for
> peripherals and add-on codec's and other sugar coatings. :(

In any case, the relevant monopolist is Microsoft, not Intel.   Even
Microsoft no longer has control, though, as it no longer has the
capacity to order the entire world to rewrite everything for a new
version of Windows.

Robert.