From: clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
      
   On 2025-10-02, Dan Cross  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > David Goodwin   wrote:   
   >   
   > In general, arguing with Lawrence is like trying to reason with   
   > a leaking pen: it doesn't change and just gets ink all over your   
   > fingers.   
   >   
      
   Do you maintain a fortune file of these comparisons to cycle through ? :-)   
      
   >>   
   >>Set top boxes and routers were not the target market for Windows in the   
   >>90s, and they are clearly not a market Microsoft is interested in   
   >>pursuing today.   
   >   
   > Moreover, 99.9% of those MIPS CPUs that are outselling x86 are   
   > embedded microcontrollers that just happen to use the MIPS   
   > instruction set.  If they run any OS at all, it's way more than   
   > likely to be some kind of RTOS.   
   >   
      
   Here is one example at the lower end (which is also available in hobbyist   
   friendly packaging):   
      
   https://uk.farnell.com/microchip/pic32mx250f128b-i-sp/mcu-32bit-   
   ic32-40mhz-spdip-28/dp/2097773   
      
   Simon.   
      
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   Simon Clubley, clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP   
   Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.   
      
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