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   Alan to chrisv   
   Re: Remember when setting up a Windows P   
   04 Jan 26 13:05:24   
   
   XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2026-01-04 12:01, chrisv wrote:   
   > Alan wrote:   
   >   
   >> chrisv wrote:   
   >>> Alan wrote:   
   >>>> chrisv wrote:   
   >>>>> Alan wrote:   
   >>>>>> CrudeSausage wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Alan wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> Second-best. RISC-V may yet surpass them. Maybe even LoongArch.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Ummmm... "may yet surpass" literally means "aren't YET as good".   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Yes, everyone understood what he meant.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> He declared ARM CPUs "second-best", then literally contradicted himself.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> He also made the point that Linux is leading the way with new   
   >>>>> alternative architectures, which you "LOL"ed at, dipshit.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Because they aren't LEADING.   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes, Linux is LEADING, in the context of new alternative   
   >>> architectures.   
   >>   
   >> Really? How so?   
   >   
   > Idiot.   
   >   
   >>> No matter how much you love your Apple gear and think it blows-away   
   >>> GNU-Linux on the desktop, it can't be denied that GNU-Linux is a great   
   >>> thing for emerging technologies.   
   >>   
   >> In what "new alternative architecture" does Linux actually LEAD?   
   >   
   > Lawrence gave two examples, dipshit.   
   He gave examples of two architectures in the context of supporting his   
   contention that ARM cpus were "second-best".   
      
   How do you lead the way with tech that "may [] surpass" ARM?   
      
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