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...except that ARM laptops and desktops are the next wave, as ARM dominates mobile devices and tablets already, it's sneaking up on Linus from behind. Addition
by justaaron 8y ago
...except that ARM laptops and desktops are the next wave, as ARM dominates mobile devices and tablets already, it's sneaking up on Linus from behind.
Additionally, Linux is the server platform, abstracting the ISA to a large degree, particularly with regards to what most people consider web applications development, tooling, etc. Docker and Kubernetes serves as this paper for many, as well.
This all will matter in the coming rise of Risc-V devices, as this ISA begins to eat parts of the ARM empire.
Linus would know a thing or two about challenging X86 (transmeta) and this probably shows in his display of his emotional wounds. I don't think his fear holds for all time nor in the coming decade.
- yalogin 8y agoHe is right though from a historical perspective. All he is saying is x86 won over the server space because its where people develop. If the arm development platform becomes a thing, then he will be proven right again. I have a slightly different take. Arm on the server has a chance now because cloud and thin clients are increasingly common and so even your "at home" machine, as he calls it, could be in the cloud, the same arm machine used for deployment.
- linuxftw 8y agoFrom the post: > I can pretty much guarantee that as long as everybody does cross-development, the platform won't be all that stable. He's saying that until ARM platform arrives on desktop, it's unlikely to be successful in the server market. He's not making any assumptions about whether or not PCs are going to turn to ARM.