By: AM (myname4rwt.delete@this.jee-male.com), October 16, 2018 10:03 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
someone (someone.delete@this.somewhere.com) on October 15, 2018 5:35 am wrote:
> AM (myname4rwt.delete@this.jee-male.com) on October 14, 2018 8:50 am wrote:
>
> > MS is dead serious about ARM -- they invested years of work into it by now, developing Win Server on ARM64,
> > deploying lots of ARM servers inside, in Azure, and their switch is not limited to servers -- MS clearly
> > had a big hand in the launch of ARM hybrids with Win 10 as well; and the fact that some, if not all, of
> > Centriq design team folks are at MS now means to me there's no turning back for MS on this path.
>
> Yeah just like there was no turning back for MS with i860, MIPS, and Itanium after years of work. ;-)
Interesting point (I actually recalled their ports when writing), but your winkie says it all -- given how they go about ARM of late years, it seems they learned enough from the past experiences.
> AM (myname4rwt.delete@this.jee-male.com) on October 14, 2018 8:50 am wrote:
>
> > MS is dead serious about ARM -- they invested years of work into it by now, developing Win Server on ARM64,
> > deploying lots of ARM servers inside, in Azure, and their switch is not limited to servers -- MS clearly
> > had a big hand in the launch of ARM hybrids with Win 10 as well; and the fact that some, if not all, of
> > Centriq design team folks are at MS now means to me there's no turning back for MS on this path.
>
> Yeah just like there was no turning back for MS with i860, MIPS, and Itanium after years of work. ;-)
Interesting point (I actually recalled their ports when writing), but your winkie says it all -- given how they go about ARM of late years, it seems they learned enough from the past experiences.