<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Oron Peled <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oron@actcom.co.il" target="_blank">oron@actcom.co.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Friday, 8 בJune 2012 20:07:20 Gerry Reno wrote:<br>
> On 06/08/2012 01:04 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:<br>
> > That is only assuming that Windows on ARM is successful, of which so far<br>
> > there's been precious little indication.<br>
><br>
> There is a tidal wave of these PC ARM devices coming:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.itworld.com/hardware/240039/qualcomm-targets-pcs-takes-aim-
intels-ultrabooks" target="_blank">http://www.itworld.com/hardware/240039/qualcomm-targets-pcs-takes-aim-<br>
intels-ultrabooks</a><br>
<br>
Hmmm... we've seen this "Windows-on-non-x86" movie twice before:<br>
- Remember Alpha's? Digital (RIP) really thought MS would give them the<br>
keys to the kingdom. There was a released version. It was good enough<br>
to frighten Intel at the time (which was probably the reason MS did<br>
it). Linux sold manyfolds more Alpha's than Windows.<br>
<br>
- Ahhh, and of course MS found new suckers who bought the same<br>
used story few years later (yes, I'm talking about Windows/PPC<br>
that lived a very short life).<br>
<br>
So far, MS failed misserably in the cellular space so there's a good<br>
chance their exclusionary move on ARM will only help convince vendors<br>
that shipping Androids (and by extension other Linuces) is safer bet.<br>
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--<br><br></font></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I heard (a rumor?) that MS has 100,000 phones in the public. Granted, it's not much, but it might be a start.</div></div><div><br></div>