[imtringued]

Yeah exactly, you're not going to skimp on the CPU by choosing ARM to save $500 a year when you have software that costs you thousands every single year. You're going to stick with x86_64 instead of the crappy budget option that doesn't even run your software.

[asah]

Twist: enterprise software goes the way of IBM mainframes, with a small number of large customers paying crazy prices for compliance and customization, and everything in the hardware/software stack being 10+x more expensive than its commodity equivalent.

[baroffoos]

Not every corporation has proprietary x86 binaries they need to run on a server. Every company I have worked at has had entirely open source server software and a few proprietary javascript libraries.