boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBeijing issues list of approved CPUs – with no Intel or AMDwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1399arrow-down19
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minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoExcept a lot of infrastructure runs on legacy software. There’s stuff built on like windows 2000 that is still used by hospitals and governments.
minus-squareRvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoYou’re not wrong, but most of this legacy software runs on legacy hardware as well. Win 2k isn’t supported by most modern hardware
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWhich is why China is incentivizing people to switch to their ARM based OSes that run on Linux 4, I suppose
Except a lot of infrastructure runs on legacy software. There’s stuff built on like windows 2000 that is still used by hospitals and governments.
You’re not wrong, but most of this legacy software runs on legacy hardware as well. Win 2k isn’t supported by most modern hardware
Which is why China is incentivizing people to switch to their ARM based OSes that run on Linux 4, I suppose