The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?)

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Date	2011-10-07 19:48 -0700
From	"Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net>
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Subject	The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?)
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On 10/7/2011 12:49 PM, MitchAlsup wrote:
> since the world is devolving into 3 architecture

x86
ARM
what's the third?
IBM Power?

I think that x86 may have already lost to ARM.
And I wouldn't count SPARC out, given Oracle
and Larry Ellison's apparent strategy.

I differ (I don't beg (or at least am not good at begging)):
I think the arrival, finally, of
(I never know what to call them)
dynamic/interpretive/whatever
languages like Javascript and Java
and open/CL and ...
has opened a window for other architectures.

Similarly, the advent of cloud services will reduce the barriers to 
entry. In the old world you had to do a heck of a lot to be worth 
consideration. Now, if you can deliver a benefit to a narrow but 
important market niche, a big cloud provider may be willing to buy your 
systems just for that purpose.

Utility computing means professional sysadmin. Now management might try 
to minimize labor costs, but if cost of equipment and operation (power) 
matters, professional sysadmin can optimize.  The bigger the datacenter, 
the more impact sysadmin can have.

(Can you tell I used to be a sysadmin?)

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Q: bit shifting Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2011-10-07 13:31 +0200
  Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-07 12:17 +0100
    Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-07 17:35 +0200
      Re: Q: bit shifting Stephen Fuld <SFuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2011-10-07 09:31 -0700
        Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-07 17:16 +0100
          Re: Q: bit shifting Stephen Fuld <SFuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> - 2011-10-07 23:13 -0700
            Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-08 09:56 +0100
              Re: Q: bit shifting Andrew Reilly <areilly---@bigpond.net.au> - 2011-10-08 21:28 +0000
              Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-11 15:05 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Sean Case <seancase@tpg.com.au> - 2011-10-16 23:15 +1000
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-19 20:12 +0000
      Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-07 12:24 -0500
        Re: Q: bit shifting Kai Harrekilde-Petersen <khp@harrekilde.dk> - 2011-10-07 19:27 +0200
          Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-08 10:41 +0200
            Re: Q: bit shifting Kai Harrekilde-Petersen <khp@harrekilde.dk> - 2011-10-08 11:28 +0200
              Re: Q: bit shifting Andrew Reilly <areilly---@bigpond.net.au> - 2011-10-08 21:38 +0000
            Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-08 22:57 -0500
              Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-09 08:18 +0200
              Re: Q: bit shifting Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@t-online.de> - 2011-10-19 15:08 +0200
            Re: Q: bit shifting Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-11 16:41 -0700
              Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-12 07:55 +0200
                Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-12 10:21 -0700
                Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-12 21:22 +0200
                Re: Q: bit shifting kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk - 2011-10-13 11:00 -0500
                Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-13 20:32 +0200
      Re: Q: bit shifting Mike Hore <mike_horeREM@OVE.invalid.aapt.net.au> - 2011-10-11 17:08 +1100
  Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-07 12:49 -0700
    Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-07 21:20 +0100
    The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?) "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-10-07 19:48 -0700
      Re: The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?) Mark Thorson <nospam@sonic.net> - 2011-10-07 19:56 -0800
      Re: The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?) "Skybuck Flying" <Windows7IsOK@DreamPC2006.com> - 2011-10-08 04:53 +0200
      Re: The word is devolving into 3 architectures (NOT?) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2011-10-08 17:26 +0000
    Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-08 10:47 +0200
      Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-08 12:27 -0700
        Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-09 08:07 +0200
          Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-09 12:36 -0700
            Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-10 09:06 +0200
              Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-10 15:31 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-10 18:13 +0200
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-10 20:27 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> - 2011-10-10 23:45 +0200
                Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-10 17:32 -0500
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-11 14:58 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-11 11:30 -0500
                Re: Q: bit shifting "Andy \"Krazy\" Glew" <andy@SPAM.comp-arch.net> - 2011-10-11 10:05 -0700
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-11 17:59 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting timcaffrey@aol.com (Tim McCaffrey) - 2011-10-11 18:00 +0000
                Re: Q: bit shifting Al Grant <algrant@myrealbox.com> - 2011-10-11 13:49 -0700
                Re: Q: bit shifting Al Grant <algrant@myrealbox.com> - 2011-10-11 14:18 -0700
                Re: Q: bit shifting Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-11 16:03 -0500
                Re: Q: bit shifting MitchAlsup <MitchAlsup@aol.com> - 2011-10-10 09:52 -0700
        Re: Q: bit shifting anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2011-10-09 12:24 +0000
          Re: Q: bit shifting nmm1@cam.ac.uk - 2011-10-09 13:13 +0100
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