They failed because of design.

I had to hunt this, but the classic design perspective of the ipod vs zune by Joel

https://youtu.be/e-blUcmpW1s?list=PLcIkt5s7w8D0ywp0CBmNFWRTF...

At the end of the day Apple got design and Microsoft didn't and it showed in their sales.

And Linux is the premier OS on Azure. I'll never stop getting a kick out of Azure Linux.

https://github.com/microsoft/azurelinux

Agreed. I loved Macs, but I need it to run Linux.

thinkpad

I saw a vid where they installed a recent version of linux on a Pentium 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DiK5FDpBTg

I used to install linux on older mac hardware and donate it. I don't think that works anymore with with the M chips (at least in the same easy way)

You can install Asahi Linux on some of the M chips. But you are right, it's not as easy as it used to be.

It's worth mentioning hard acceleration causes a torque multiplication to occur in torque converters vs a slow acceleration does not (check me on that). Once locked up, multiplication no longer occurs. Thank you hot rod magazines of the 90's.

This line of thinking is utterly bizarre to me. People need to stop thinking of GitHub as anything other than a typical corporation. If they could charge an additional dollar they would keep it for themselves.

This is what happened during the last major downturn. There was an influx of startups. If you want to stay in tech during a downturn you either start a business, join a startup, stay in school or switch industries. What you don't do is stay unemployed for years on end. Best of luck to all of those trying to navigate this difficult situation.