Intel has long been hamstrung by Windows/Microsoft. Qualcomm, AMD, and Intel need an OS which they can exert substantial control and vertical efficiency and in

Intel has long been hamstrung by Windows/Microsoft. Qualcomm, AMD, and Intel need an OS which they can exert substantial control and vertical efficiency and integration, and afford a path from x86 to ARM. That's really only Linux. Windows has dragged its feet and has practically trailed OSX in design/usability/appearance (despite a VAST difference in available budgets) practically since OSX was released. So it's Linux, or.... what? the Beos/Haiku? ReactOS? Open Solaris? They need their own OS at a minimum to push Windows. A huge investment in ReactOS/WINE would also help bridge the gap.