Comment by Pet_Ant
18 days ago
> Thats why we need current x86 ecosystem where youre free to match hardware with any other compatible parts you want.
Let's remember that this ecosystem is a mistake that no party would willing recreate again. Given the chance to improve the x86 with 64-bit capability, Intel chose to form a cabal and create a patent-locked monstrosity that no one else could approach.
IBM didn't want to create an open-platform, they just did want someone else to set the standard and knew that they were too slow to create something from scratch so they had to grab off-the-shelf parts. On their second attempt they tried to create their own OS (/2) and bus standard (MCA) with egregious terms. Sony memory sticks have been cut open to be found to be micro-SD cards with extraneous packaging.
Sun tried to open up SPARC... and then close it up again with UltraSPARC... and only reopening it as a 11th hour hail-Mary.
That is why both RISC-V and GNU/Linux are so special. They are really the only systems from the get-go designed and intended to be open.
We should really appreciate and support those because these things don't usually happen on purpose and are not easily replaced.
To note that UNIX was also only open due that AT&T wasn't allowed to profit from their research at the time.
> Let's remember that this ecosystem is a mistake that no party would willing recreate again.
The human species is not known from learning from its mistakes. /s