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I think you mistake marketshare with mindshare. The devs can play with Raspberry Pies or similar, because why not, it runs AARCH64, don't it? The few devs who r
by LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
I think you mistake marketshare with mindshare. The devs can play with Raspberry Pies or similar, because why not, it runs AARCH64, don't it? The few devs who really need deep system level access are either paid, or get devkits. Meanwhile, 'the market' IS the hyperscalers. Nobody cares about the few nerds wetting themselves. They can go gaming, obsess over retrocomputing, toolkits, theming, /r/unixporn, whatever.
- KingOfCoders 5y agoI do think getting it in the hand of more people, more people will run it and say "yes, works" and then take it into consideration when making architecture/purchasing decisions. I've been a CTO for a decade+ and did try to get one the last time they made a splash.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoThat could be remedied by giving affordable or even free evalution accesss in 'the cloud'.
- imtringued 5y ago>Nobody cares about the few nerds wetting themselves. They can go gaming, obsess over retrocomputing, toolkits, theming, /r/unixporn, whatever. The problem with this stance is that they can also keep using the non elitist platform, considering the elitist platform is inferior for many use cases.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoAnd thereby banging rocks against each other into eternity. No sparks...
- selfhoster11 5y agoNerd mindshare eventually converts to some marketshare. Adobe has been lax on their enforcement of their software among non-professional market segments for this exact reason.
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- petre 5y agoRemember alpha and sparc? Their parent companies targeted the enterprise market as well.
- tomc1985 5y agoNerds wetting themselves built the world that business stole from them