Re:Apple Silicon: The Passing of Wintel
by Ericson2314 on Sunday July 12, 2020 @07:33PM
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> Both Intel and Microsoft made some kind of categorical error in 1995-2005 in assuming that their dominance was tied to a particular programming interface.
Actually their judgement there was correct. There dominance absolutely was tied to monopoly power, via "particular interfaces". Working on alternatives would have undermined the monopoly.
They error was thinking the monopoly wouldn't have eventually been undermined anyways. They upped the risk for more reward, and got bit.
This incidentally is another reason why monopolization is bad: even when it doesn't last indefinitely, it makes for shitty companies that refuse or cannot adapt, and will be stubbornly stick to their ways until more sudden failure. Stagnation and then a jolt is less growth, and irrespective of growth bad for society. No government should want this.
Actually their judgement there was correct. There dominance absolutely was tied to monopoly power, via "particular interfaces". Working on alternatives would have undermined the monopoly.
They error was thinking the monopoly wouldn't have eventually been undermined anyways. They upped the risk for more reward, and got bit.
This incidentally is another reason why monopolization is bad: even when it doesn't last indefinitely, it makes for shitty companies that refuse or cannot adapt, and will be stubbornly stick to their ways until more sudden failure. Stagnation and then a jolt is less growth, and irrespective of growth bad for society. No government should want this.