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

[Lawrence D’Oliveiro]

On Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 12:07:18 AM UTC+12, Andrew Brehm wrote:
> What really makes it doomed to fail is the non-availability of the devices. 

It’s the usual chicken-and-egg situation that dooms all of Microsoft’s non-x86 efforts: vendors won’t make the devices unless they are sure customers will buy them, and customers will not buy them unless they can be sure to get apps that will take advantage of them.