> Apple should buy ARM while it has cash. No. > And then start industrial automation division (or subsidiary) As someone who works in this sector - HARD NO.

> Apple should buy ARM while it has cash. No. > And then start industrial automation division (or subsidiary) As someone who works in this sector - HARD NO. Machinery can and should last decades, even outlasting their users or their manufactures. Apple is not interested in providing this kind of support just like MS. They make money selling you new shiny things that do nothing for a fixed function machine. I have to deal with machines with RTOS run-times, software and drivers anchored to Windows 2k/XP, 7 and 10. There is ZERO need to update outside of the fact that I'm a prisoner of their upgrade treadmill. I then have to resort to eBay for hardware and the good grace of 3rd party service techs to obtain obsolete software they happen to have a copy of. The controls OEM does not give a single fuck your machine and therefor your business is down and tells you to buy all new hardware and software as if that is a solution to lost business.