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> That's possible, brand loyalty is a thing I think there's also a rational aspect for some groups. Developers and related groups probably have outsized influe
by anarazel 7y ago
> That's possible, brand loyalty is a thing
I think there's also a rational aspect for some groups. Developers and related groups probably have outsized influence over what the whole market chooses. I e.g. do plenty low level performance work, and like 95% of installations of software I work on are on x86 Intel CPUs. Therefore getting an AMD CPU will make it harder for me to sensibly diagnose performance issues. So I get laptop / workstation w/ Intel CPUs. And in turn I have less data to recommend deploying on AMD servers.
- onli 7y agoYes, that's the danger, isn't it? You run the danger of missing when the alternative offers are really much better - like now with Threadripper and Epyc. Assuming that holds true for your workload, with the current generation likely though. Strong brand loyalty is sometimes rational for some groups, but not for the market overall