Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Gene Wirchenko Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android—Why Dalvik? Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:14:31 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: <71dqu6phe1ra5p9hdqn699k3hit7v999u9@4ax.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="7Qrvczazr82YckO5XW8Vtw"; logging-data="999"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/b6ngP+0xZck1HYs20TSNZ+oSoWCd4ivc=" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.2/32.1118 Cancel-Lock: sha1:f529bt5uEDYDH+2lKpxin5Jqgls= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:5028 On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:01:22 -0700, BGB wrote: [snip] >but, the point of the above comment was not x86 vs ARM, but rather >peoples' persistent use of "Intel" to describe all x86 chips, which is >not really the case if people are running chips from another manufacturer... I am sure that Intel's marketing department loves the mindshare. >it is much like if one used the term "Windows" to describe every OS, >including Linux and MacOSX, rather than a more generic term, like OS... Yes, and I bet that happens, too. Macs have windows, and if running the right -- or wrong depending on your preference -- software, Windows. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko