Re:Docker Desktop for Mac (Apple Silicon)
by randallsquared on Friday April 16, 2021 @06:52AM
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Given the rest of their comment, I thought "care for" meant "support". That is, system administration and developer support, rather than "care about"...
Ah! I thought it was about the parent "caring for" fellow less compensated developers (who can't afford an M1), vs me not caring and dismissing their importance in my argument.
In that case, I apologize!
And I think his assertion is on point, in the sense that the widespread availability of desktop ARMs on developers hands will help drive ARM adoption to the datacenter (and that's just with the M1/M... line, not to mention further ARM adoption by MS that's also possible).
For what is worth, Linus Torvalds made a similar point regarding the influence of developer architecture options to server architecture choices (and especially regarding ARM).
I think that the objection "but developing world / poorer companies don't use Macs/M1" is valid, but not really relevant, kinda moving the goalposts. It's not those that set industry trends (and surely not in the US).
>As for the rest I won't bother to reply.
Well, I've replied to the arguments, with what I think is the case (and what I've seen).
Not sure if you were bothered that I took offense to the "I happen to care for fellow developers" line. But it sounded like an insult that wasn't called for, and was not relevant to the discussion.