Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/11/24 5:10 AM, D wrote:

  On Wed, 11 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

On 12/9/24 7:56 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 14:15:21 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
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I still do not know why you are talking this and not Linux in a Linux
group, but for your info, there are countries that sell more electric
cars than IC, so it works for them.

>
Desktop Linux works for many people including myself. However, Windows
remains the dominant OS.

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 Dominant because of manipulative sales tactics - NOT merit.
>
 Win is a MESS - a messy mess. At SOME point they're gonna
 have to do like Apple and just FLUSH it - make a seem-alike
 system on top of some kind of Unix.

 Also note that due to Apple, chromebooks and linux, windows has been losing market share, although very, very slowly.

   Hey, Apple has an impressive sales strategy - go
   for the elite snobs and wannabes. Coordinated
   designer PCs/Phones/Etc. It WORKS.
   If you don't have "i-Everything" then you're just
   trailer trash !  :-)
   Declines in Linux/Unix ... I suspect it relates to
   a pair of things - ignorant i-Everything owning
   pointy-haired bosses AND a dip in the number of
   real systems/programming people. Complicated stuff ?
   Hey, Apple/M$/Chat have an online solution for you,
   so why bother to solve it yourself ???
   Ever tried to grow a turnip or little patch of corn ?
   Butchered a pig yourself ? Fewer and fewer have a
   CLUE about such stuff. Food comes from the MARKET
   after all, Harry Potter waves his wand. It's all
   total dependence on the tech/infrastructure pyramid.
   Vlad and Xi have PLANS for all that .....