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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by ironmagma on Sunday November 29, 2020 @08:37PM (#25249904)
> This is the Sputnik moment for open source

Does it need to be? x86 had every opportunity to become a locked-down, exclusive standard too, and it grew the way it did, into a cross-vendor standard, for a reason. Why will a similar trajectory not apply to the M1?

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by fieldcny on Sunday November 29, 2020 @10:48PM (#25250542)
The history of the x86 instruction set is very complicated and involves a number of lawsuits and settlements. What you see today is the fruit decades of fighting and wrangling.
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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by ddingus on Sunday November 29, 2020 @09:13PM (#25250091)
Because M1 / Arm has a locked down base to draw from, unlike Intel / AMD.

Way different roots in mobile when compared to PC

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Re:Would you be willing to fund a Linux port to Apple Silicon? by skohan on Monday November 30, 2020 @02:53AM (#25251595)
As far as I understand, x86 is a duopoly, and AMD is allowed to produce it because antitrust litigation resulted in Intel being required to allow a second party to implement their instruction set.

Also Intel is a very different entity than Apple. They produce commodity hardware, where Apple creates consumer experiences. Apple's incentive is to keep M1 closed to give their software ecosystem an edge vs. competitors.

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