"Most of us in IT" probably doesn't mean what I think you think it means.
Most **employed** IT folks want 100% uptime, or as close to it as possible. They like good performance too.
With Apache or nginx, to run insanely fast for a couple of years at a time is normal. Windows can't run a month w/o needing a reboot, and IIS is slower than the Ancient Elders of the Molasses Tribe copulate in February.
Nonetheless, it's ALL wonderful conjecture. It starts harmless discussions. Example: "Oh my goodness, there isn't enough matter to account for our calculated rotational model!" "Okay, Sparky, I'll play along. How TF do you know that? Did you weigh all galactic matter under controlled conditions? ALL OF IT? NO? Then STFU and GBTW because you have no idea how much matter there is in this galaxy. You can't even guess because INSUFFICIENT DATA, you neurotic freakin' dweeb! Go get me another beer."
Android: 43% and growing at an accelerating rate, iOS: 20% and stagnant. I call stagnant shrinking. From a revenue perspective, it's shrinking. There are a lot of reasons for that stagnation, but 3 years out, Apple is the new Blackberry. Jobs is not coming back, and iOS was never a very good OS. That said, the money is still in *new* iOS development for *now*. Soon, there won't be any money in any mobile development, for reasons related more to disposable income than platform capabilities. Give Android development a go if you have a decent idea: I develop for both and Android's quirks are more of the security/user-privacy expectations variety than HW abstraction (unless you're selling HW accelerated games or BTC mining kit). I make about the same from both platforms targeting Android 2.3+, but iOS sales have lagged increasingly since the Retina display devices came out. I have a theory about that, called 'Peak Cool in a Jobless Recovery'. My accountant bought that theory, anyway.
iOS is a shrinking market (not growing as fast). Don't fanboy out on us. Android owns the vast majority of that market and is growing rapidly (very rapidly in China and other emerging markets).
Obj C is a good skill, but not as valuable as jscript/jquery. C++ pays better, but the jobs are few and the projects boring. Python has more real-hire jobs. Java still leads in real-hire for some weird reason.
If employment security is your focus, learn Linux, Java and javascript/jquery (Android path). Learning LAMP/WAMP is never a bad idea.
If wealth is your focus, learn politics or specialize in diseases of the wealthy.
If women are your focus, you are in the wrong forum, but report back if you're successful.
Short answer: you need to contract an electronics engineer.
Possible: You could dump the non-optimized assemby language (-S on most compilers) for a popular processor family e.g., 80686, PA-RISC, etc.
The manufacturer probably has resources to convert "this pile of 80686 instructions" to "an ASIC that does the same thing really well".
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"Most of us in IT" probably doesn't mean what I think you think it means. Most **employed** IT folks want 100% uptime, or as close to it as possible. They like good performance too. With Apache or nginx, to run insanely fast for a couple of years at a time is normal. Windows can't run a month w/o needing a reboot, and IIS is slower than the Ancient Elders of the Molasses Tribe copulate in February.
Nonetheless, it's ALL wonderful conjecture. It starts harmless discussions. Example: "Oh my goodness, there isn't enough matter to account for our calculated rotational model!" "Okay, Sparky, I'll play along. How TF do you know that? Did you weigh all galactic matter under controlled conditions? ALL OF IT? NO? Then STFU and GBTW because you have no idea how much matter there is in this galaxy. You can't even guess because INSUFFICIENT DATA, you neurotic freakin' dweeb! Go get me another beer."
Android: 43% and growing at an accelerating rate, iOS: 20% and stagnant. I call stagnant shrinking. From a revenue perspective, it's shrinking. There are a lot of reasons for that stagnation, but 3 years out, Apple is the new Blackberry. Jobs is not coming back, and iOS was never a very good OS. That said, the money is still in *new* iOS development for *now*. Soon, there won't be any money in any mobile development, for reasons related more to disposable income than platform capabilities. Give Android development a go if you have a decent idea: I develop for both and Android's quirks are more of the security/user-privacy expectations variety than HW abstraction (unless you're selling HW accelerated games or BTC mining kit). I make about the same from both platforms targeting Android 2.3+, but iOS sales have lagged increasingly since the Retina display devices came out. I have a theory about that, called 'Peak Cool in a Jobless Recovery'. My accountant bought that theory, anyway.
iOS is a shrinking market (not growing as fast). Don't fanboy out on us. Android owns the vast majority of that market and is growing rapidly (very rapidly in China and other emerging markets). Obj C is a good skill, but not as valuable as jscript/jquery. C++ pays better, but the jobs are few and the projects boring. Python has more real-hire jobs. Java still leads in real-hire for some weird reason. If employment security is your focus, learn Linux, Java and javascript/jquery (Android path). Learning LAMP/WAMP is never a bad idea. If wealth is your focus, learn politics or specialize in diseases of the wealthy. If women are your focus, you are in the wrong forum, but report back if you're successful.
Immolation? Our local theater does not explicitly forbid the use of incendiary weaponry. Lighten up, Francis. This isn't emo town's goth district.
Short answer: you need to contract an electronics engineer. Possible: You could dump the non-optimized assemby language (-S on most compilers) for a popular processor family e.g., 80686, PA-RISC, etc. The manufacturer probably has resources to convert "this pile of 80686 instructions" to "an ASIC that does the same thing really well".
PocketCloud's fake mouse is quite useful, even on a 4.something inch screen. It costs money, but you didn't rule that out.
Anyone who connects a GNU/Linux box via wireless network has no concern for security.