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I just want to be able to call all the shots on the design of my product. Intel has historically been very open on the desktop. Linux and computing in general

I just want to be able to call all the shots on the design of my product. Intel has historically been very open on the desktop. Linux and computing in general wouldn't be where it is without that openness.

marssaxman 11y ago
I suppose we have different ideas about what "open" means. In my view, Linux and computing in general have gotten where they are largely despite Intel's efforts at rent-extraction.
- scholia 11y ago
  Wintel provided the mass market that enabled the economies of scale that drove down prices. Linux has piggybacked on that. Linux was written for the 386....
- pjmlp 11y ago
  If it wasn't for the likes of IBM and Intel, with Linux developers on their payroll, even though they also do lots of patents and closed source stuff, GNU would still be looking for a kernel.
  - pyre 11y ago
    > GNU would still be looking for a kernel. Linux came about before there was commercial interest. Linux (or GNU/Linux if you will) would have existed. Whether it would be in the same place it is today is another story.
    - pjmlp 11y ago
      I was there. We just wanted to have a free UNIX clone at home, to be able to do the work from there instead of expensive connections over the phone line to corporate and university servers.
      - kayamon 10y ago
        If that was all you wanted, you'd still be running MIMIX.