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aren't "CPU instruction sets treated that way? - Don't think so | 287 comments | Create New Account

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aren't "CPU instruction sets treated that way? - Don't think so

Authored by: YurtGuppy on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 06:35 PM EDT

I am becoming convinced that my argument is somewhat astray.

But the "buy a CPU that they cannot program" is a faulty counter
argument.

People all the time "buy" Microsoft Windows on a CD which they cannot
use in another computer. So if the CPU manufacturer wanted to go to some kind
of licensing model, is there something keeping them from doing that?

And look at Apple. Can you buy an operating system which will run on an Apple
device other than the Apple software? I'm not sure if that is an IP strategy or
exactly what. But tying down the hardware is not so strange.

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a small fish in an even smaller pond

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

On the other hand - Authored by: YurtGuppy on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 06:45 PM EDT
aren't "CPU instruction sets treated that way? - Don't think so - Authored by: PJ on Tuesday, May 01 2012 @ 07:12 PM EDT
- aren't "CPU instruction sets treated that way? - Don't think so - Authored by: xtifr on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 01:01 AM EDT
- aren't "CPU instruction sets treated that way? - Don't think so - Authored by: YurtGuppy on Wednesday, May 02 2012 @ 04:35 PM EDT

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