[Info-vax] Microsoft On ARM Failure (was Re: VSI licensing policy (again))

[chris]

On 09/23/21 12:41, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> =?UTF-8?Q?Lawrence_D=E2=80=99Oliveiro?=<lawrencedo99 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 11:55:56 PM UTC+12, dgso... at gmail.com wrote:
>>> I guess Microsoft has the power to dictate requirements here ...
>>
>> To whom? Nobody else seems to be bothering with Windows-on-ARM.
>
> Just like they didn't bother with Windows on Alpha.
> --scott

Perhaps, but Arm has far more traction and installed base than Alpha
ever had. It does need Microsoft to get serious about Arm on the desktop
and in servers. The processors are already there, but mass adoption of
arm and windows would upset the probably very cosy relationship with Intel.

Can't see any reason for the delay otherwise. Arm is everywhere else...

Chris