> stop pretending that you can support HPPA and MIPS or whatever as well as you can support x86_64
And then the corresponding uptightness will be “FOO_PROJECT is aligned with the Intel monopoly”, and just as many people will be unhappy. You can see this in many recent threads about Apple not providing free access to M1 documentation for alternative OSes they’re under no obligation to support.
That’s pretty much verbatim the reply I had when people on here were prognosticating it for the M1, other than adding that they also promoted Linux virtualization in the announcement.
And then the corresponding uptightness will be “FOO_PROJECT is aligned with the Intel monopoly”, and just as many people will be unhappy. You can see this in many recent threads about Apple not providing free access to M1 documentation for alternative OSes they’re under no obligation to support.