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I do point out that vendor-specific architectures were the norm for long time in the history and the sky didn't fall down. The x86 dominance was relatively shor

by zokier 5y ago

I do point out that vendor-specific architectures were the norm for long time in the history and the sky didn't fall down. The x86 dominance was relatively short anomaly more than anything.

amelius 5y ago
The sky didn't fall down because business folks didn't yet figure out how to build the most effective walled gardens.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  They actually did, the IBM PC was an accident that IBM would have gladly prevented, but Compaq was clever in how they did it.