[Info-vax] VSI licensing policy (again), was: Re: VSI has a new CEO

[Lawrence D’Oliveiro]

On Monday, August 9, 2021 at 11:50:13 PM UTC+12, John Dallman wrote:

> Windows on ARM64 has real potential ...

Just like all the previous attempts at porting Windows to ARM, no doubt. Here is a processor architecture that ships more units per year than the entire population of the Earth, and this is, what, Microsoft’s third or fourth attempt at doing Windows on ARM? (Windows RT, anybody? And what about the even more laughable “Windows 10 IoT Edition” for the Raspberry π?) And so far it has been sputtering along about as nicely as the previous ones.

Is it any wonder that Microsoft is also trying desperately to turn Windows into Linux?

And if a juggernaut with resources on the scale of Microsoft has realized that Linux has become an irresistible force, how is a minnow like VSI, which by all accounts has already permanently lost much of the potential customer base for its products with all the development delays, supposed to survive?