[Info-vax] Python 2 support ends 1-Jan-2020

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/4/2019 7:43 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 1/4/2019 4:32 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2019-01-04 16:05:50 +0000, Dave Froble said:
>>> If so, then this might be a fair test of the acceptance, and therefore
>>> viability, of visionaries attempting to drag others along into their
>>> vision.  Regardless of the merits of the vision, remember the classic
>>> case of VCR and Batamax.
>>
>> Betamax was purportedly a better format and was more expensive, and got
>> undercut in the market.  Cheaper and good-enough, versus more expensive
>> and less-than-clearly-differentiated.
>>
>> Itanium and x86-64 would be a closer and more familiar example.
> 
> No, itanic was never a good idea, and only because HP and then Intel 
> pushed it did it exist for a short time.
> 
> The only thing x86 has going for it is volume.  Very large volume.

Volume is practically the only thing that matters for CPU's.

The very high fixed cost (design and fab) and very small per unit
(silicium and labor) cost ensures that highest volume wins.

Arne