On 2009-09-01, bbgruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> The first smartbooks will come
>> | with Linux, as Arm-based chips do not support Windows XP.
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> Pedant point, but isn't it the case that Windows XP doesn't support ARM,
> rather than ARM not supporting XP?
> i.e. MS have taken a conscious decision not to port XP for ARM chips, rather
> than there being something intrinsic to ARM that stops MS from doing so?
Processor architectures are one of those few things in computer hardware
for which there typically exists sufficient documentation for any random
individual to start creating a support infastructure. If all hardware had
the kind of documentation that microprocessors do, vendor support questions
would be moot.
Linux had support for ancient frame grabber cards because of this. The docs
were public and anyone that wanted/needed to could use them to debug or
enhance the kernel drivers.
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On the subject of kilobyte being "redefined" to mean 1000 bytes...
When I was a wee lad, I was taught that SI units were |||
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arbitrarily assigned.
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