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IBM also did it with their POWER AIX boxes. The big difference was those instances were Business To Business contracts and not consumers. I get the feeling th
by protomyth 5y ago
IBM also did it with their POWER AIX boxes. The big difference was those instances were Business To Business contracts and not consumers. I get the feeling the consumer market will react differently to Intel.
- chaosite 5y agoThe threat in business to business contracts, in addition to "we'll sue you" for licensing violations, is "that's an unsupported configuration, you're on your own."
- pmorici 5y agoThis isn't a new idea for them. This particular implementation is new but they have tried this scheme before of selling feature unlocks after the initial purchase. https://www.zdnet.com/article/facepalm-of-the-day-intel-charges-customers-50-to-unlock-cpu-features/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/facepalm-of-the-day-intel-char...