• YumiYumiYumi@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    …and the cycle repeats:

    1. Threat: Apple generates a lot of interest in ARM CPUs
    2. Response: Microsoft goes all in with supporting ARM on Windows
    3. Fail: Windows’ greatest asset is their backwards compatibility, and people just want to be able to run their programs. ARM doesn’t have the same level of compatibility as x86, generating little interest amongst users to switch, due to the risk factor
    4. Undo: fortunately, in this case, they probably don’t need to really undo much, it just ends up being wasted effort

    (personally I have my doubts whether WoA will succeed; maybe it will, but I couldn’t resist adopting his own hype into his own model of failure)

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      1 year ago

      Microsoft goes all in with supporting ARM on Windows

      I’m not sure their prior attempts count as going “all in”. Never seemed like there was genuine effort and thought behind it before.

      Now’s the first time they’ve had a proper fire under their ass to take it seriously.