On 2/17/07, Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But that's not really the point I was driving at in that thread, either. :)
As far as I can tell, your main point, as I've read it, is 64 bit
gives you access to more memory, and bigger files, more easily. :-P
Partially valid on both accounts.
Actually, that is my given condition/assumption. Except I would
have inserted the word "only" before "gives".
My point was that, if a "killer app" appears on Linux that wants
x86-64, before Microsoft is really ready to support x86-64, that might
well be a major, lasting victory for Linux, and that makes the
question (and it's supposed answer) very interesting.
But I'm apparently doing a really, really bad job of explaining my
reasoning, because nobody seems to respond to it. Everybody instead
goes off on tangents about terminology or architecture or industry
history. Since that seems to be happening consistently, I have to
conclude the failure is mine. Or maybe just nobody is interested. I
dunno, and I think I'm going to give it up as a bad job. :-)
-- Ben
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