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Re:Open Source on its own is no alternative to Big Tech by saagarjha on Sunday October 27, 2024 @04:14AM (#41960720)
ARM is not open source.
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Re:Open Source on its own is no alternative to Big Tech by anthk on Sunday October 27, 2024 @04:17AM (#41960737)
ARM broke WIntel.
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Re:Open Source on its own is no alternative to Big Tech by Qwertious on Sunday October 27, 2024 @04:52AM (#41960885)
Smartphones broke Wintel, their ISA didn't need to be ARM as long as it was power-efficient.
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Re:Open Source on its own is no alternative to Big Tech by notpushkin on Sunday October 27, 2024 @04:54AM (#41960892)
Yeah, but how exaxtly is that relevant here?
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Re:Open Source on its own is no alternative to Big Tech by oblio on Sunday October 27, 2024 @09:25AM (#41962476)
And who cares? Functionally there is Apple ARM with its extensions and Qualcomm ARM with its extensions.

If anything, the x86 world was more open and more compatible. We have enterprise distros running on both Intel and AMD, supported by their hardware makers. Who in their right mind runs 3rd party Linux distributions on smartphones in production environments (i.e. the CEO's smartphone)?

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