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In some ways, ARM and RISC-V are also way less attractive architectures. The level of platform standardization is very small compared to x86. Market penetration
by The_Colonel 3y ago
In some ways, ARM and RISC-V are also way less attractive architectures. The level of platform standardization is very small compared to x86. Market penetration (in personal computer market) is still small.
By relying on x86 standardization (BIOS, VESA, ACPI...), KolibriOS can run on pretty much any PC without having to write a lot of platform-specific code. OTOH take some ARM machines - MacBook, PineBook, Raspberry Pi - what do they share in common besides ISA?
- Rochus 3y agoThus it's even more important that the software is designed for good portability.
- The_Colonel 3y agoWhy is it important? Do you know authors goals? My impression is that portability was not their goal, and therefore it was by definition not important.
- Rochus 3y agoIt's fair to assume portability was not their goal, unfortunately.