David Soul (hd4lys+4s3zx2rexne0k.delete@this.sharklasers.com) on February 22, 2019 10:47 am wrote:
> > I think that’s unfair. The real difference, it seems to me, is between the people who can (reasonably
> > accurately) extrapolate what’s coming (based on the literature and on what *trustworthy* companies have
> > announced) and those who insist that nothing different is ever possible until the day after it ships...
>
> This is a movement by the people and for those people,the need for lighter powered servers
> is not just a fad,the need to get away from the monolithic Intel is also not a fad.
> Linus Torvalds, like a drunken boxer comes out swinging with all his might
> and fury at the very idea of people other than him shaping new computing
> history.Stick to your kernel Linus it is the one thing you are good at.
>
> There has been significant investment in incorporating ARM into server units,there has been
> the slight attempt to have ARM windows units and even Intel has tailored low power chips
> to try and compete, why because even Intel and Microsoft see what Torvalds doesn't.
> It may fail, it may succeed, there are many people for whom
> just the option of a different platform is enough.
>
Liking the option is not enough if nobody actually buys it.