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Shifting Apps To ARM Chips Could Save Laptop Batteries
An anonymous reader writes "When is an Intel PC not an Intel PC? When it moves applications such as Internet browsing and email on to an ARM processor because it can get longer battery life. And according to a story at EE Times, this hybrid Intel-ARM processor approach is being taken by PC makers as prominent as Dell. The problem for Intel: Why would you switch out of 'all-day' mode and use the Intel processor? The problem for ARM: lacking support from Microsoft for Windows; the applications it runs for the PC have to do so under Linux."
I often wonder where "geeks like you" actually work, and if you actually make decent money (six figures). I've been in the industry 10+ years and maintained basically the same position at two different large corporations (5000 plus workstations and 500 plus servers) and guess how much linux is in the server-side of this equation. I'll tell you the answer is none.
Linux is an enthusiasts OS, and some small companies with little to no capital can get by on enthusiast platforms. However the big reasons linux won't win, which linux zealots always overlook, are services and training. I'm fairly certain to Joe Schmoe business owner, being MS certified means a lot more than being Red Hat or Canonical certified. I also think the other real issue is that no corporation worth a shit (read: privately owned, multi-billion dollar) will ever be willing to run their business on a system that any hacker in the world can download the source code for, and thus, write customized attacks for.
This is not meant as a troll, though I'm sure it will be taken as one... I think the facts speak for themselves looking at the sheer number of attack vectors for an up to date Linux system over an up to date Windows system.
I proudly place my trust in a patched proprietary system over a patched open system, mainly because of the ease of creating a new hack for the patched open system.