> On Feb 22, 2016, at 07:54, Toby Thain <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think the current perceived size of x86/ARM markets will protect it > as effectively as a diversity of targets would. Remember how ubiquitous > SPARC, VAX, 68K were at one time; if you were stranded there, you don't exist > now.
As a case in point, look at apple switching from 68k to PowerPC for their desktop systems, then again from PowerPC to x86. With overlapping emulation in both cases, even. Both of those transitions were critical for their survival and growth. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <[email protected]> http://www.nf6x.net/
