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____/ JEDIDIAH on Tuesday 01 September 2009 16:30 : \____
> 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.
>>
>> 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?
Windows software comes in binaries with a .exe suffix (and others). It won't
run on RAM, so the 'network effect' of apps won't exist. It would be a total
embarrassment to Microsoft... worse than Windows Mobile.
> 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.
Windows is still not modular. Variants of Windows (aka "ugly hacks") are
lagging behind, too. Microsoft is behind in this game. See Nokia N900 videos
for evidence. :-)
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