From: invalid@invalid.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D’Oliveiro  writes:   
   > Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
   >> From a customer point of view: it’s not _that_ hard to change CPU   
   >> architecture.   
   >   
   > Are you talking embedded?   
      
   Yes.   
      
   > Because in general-purpose computing, the proprietary vendors anyway   
   > (Microsoft being the obvious example) have a great deal of trouble   
   > supporting more than one platform.   
      
   Apple have changed architecture three times now, HP and Sun at least   
   twice each.  Microsoft support two architectures at present and have   
   supported more in the past.   
      
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