"They should move out of Steve Ballmer's basement and make their own OS." and "Why do they want to make software for platforms when their competencies are on hardware?" at the same time.
If they want to do software, they should develop a OS, maybe for Atom or some kind of mobile platform or otherwise.
Antivirus is back and to the left.
> maybe for Atom or some kind of mobile platform or otherwise.
I believe that's MeeGo (http://meego.com/).
"Why do they want to make software for platforms when their competencies are on hardware?"
Vendor lock-in and community are just as helpful for Intel as they are for other businesses. If they can grease the wheels for their primary business (even at a small loss), then it's not necessarily a bad idea.
Yeah, that won't have antitrust implications, or anything.
It seems strange that Intel is investing in this particular sector that leverages mostly Windows stuff. They should move out of Steve Ballmer's basement and make their own OS.
Why do they want to make software for platforms when their competencies are on hardware?
One that doesn't look like a antivirus program for Windows.