http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23826703-city-aflame-with-takeover-talk-of-arm-and-xstrata.doIf true, this would put a serious crimp in competition in the mobile/embedded market (which in terms of volume is far larger than the PC/general computing market). Arguably, the world runs on ARM (not Intel/AMD x86/x64).
"That way, they could stop ARM's technology from ending up in everyone else's computers and gadgets."
Apple is starting to get an unpleasant reputation for autocracy viz. the approval process for their App Store. At this point I'd be happier to see Google buy ARM.
Regards. Al
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." -- Isaac Asimov
"Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right." -- Isaac Asimov
Neither a despot, nor a doormat, be
Every app wants to be a database app when it grows up
