nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Jun 29, 4:25 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> OpenBSD founder: Intel leaves open-source out in the cold
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | He accused Intel of understating the impact of the bugs "very significantly"
>> | and cautioned OS developers that they will most certainly run into these
>> | bugs.
>> |
>
> I had quite a few friends go to work for Intel back in the early days,
> before the PC came about, and I always respected Andy Grove for what
> he accomplished, so I have some sympathy for them. But it's clear
> they made a pact with the devil---Microsoft will keep writing more and
> more bloated operating systems that require more and more processing
> power, and Intel will sell the masses the chips to run them. It
> wasn't like that in the beginning, and it didn't have to turn out this
> way. Of course if there ever is a massive uptake of Linux, it will
> affect revenue at places like Intel and Dell, because it will break
> the upgrade treadmill. Not eliminate it---there are plenty of reasons
> in Linux to like fast hardware---but slow it down. The result would
> be a healthier, more productive, more efficient workplace for most
> people, but hard times for some that have relied on the big Monopoly.
> Meantime, Intel's behavior lately has not been particularly admirable.
>
I think that the call of the cash is hard for anyone to ignore. Most
people would like to have more money (not all, I'll agree, some people
really are not all that motivated by money, but even so, most are).
As you say, way back in the early days of the Micro, Intel, Rockwell and
Motorola were all well respected, and Zilog were almost superstars for
what they did with the Z80.
Sometime after 16-bit machines came along, the marketplace moved beyond
a few hobbiest machines and embedded systems to become the emerging
business desktop PC market, so there was something of a reset in terms
of how the market was approached.
I've often wondered what might have happened had Atari and Commodore put
their machines in tough steel boxes instead of plastic cases when IBM
released the first PC.
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