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[Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill]

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, William Park wrote:
> So far, Korean (federal) and German (municipal) government decided to
> try Linux.  This means Intel CPU, also.  Where are the commies when you
> really need them?

Linux only runs on Intel processors?  That's new to me.  About 3/4
ths of the time, this computer runs Linux.  The rest of the time,
it runs another Unix implementation.  I'm sure that others do the
same, and I'm quite certain that they don't have the same processor
as I.  Then there are the people who use a non-Intel processor,
with a very Intel-like instruction set.

Does Intel deserve criticism?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  It depends upon
their business practices -- and I don't know enough about that to
comment.  As for why other people aren't commenting: it's probably
because it's cheaper to replace an OS than it is to replace hardware.
Hardware, after all, has an intrinsic cost.  Most of the cost of
software is bound up in labour, which makes it easier for people
to share the fruits of their labour.

Byron.
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