Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI”
by jononor on Thursday May 04, 2023 @04:24PM
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Appliances are not end user computing, but embedded computing - the OS is incidental and under full control of the manufacturer.
Some might argue that even mobile phones are not sufficiently under the control of end users to qualify.
Re:Google “We Have No Moat, and Neither Does OpenAI”
by randomdata on Thursday May 04, 2023 @04:55PM
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> Appliances are not end user computing
They are when the end user is using them. Think things like TVs or even thermostats.
> the OS is incidental and under full control of the manufacturer.
For all intents and purposes Linux has won where those conditions aren’t met.
It seems just about every computing appliance in my home runs Linux. Then you have Android, ChromeOS, etc. which are also quite popular with end users, the first one especially. It may not have won, but I think it is safe to say that it is dominating.