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Re: 64-bit transition deadline (Re: Etch in the hands of the Stable Release Managers)



Qua, 2007-04-11 às 17:33 +0200, Robert Millan escreveu:
> > I don't know what the critical mass of Linux users is that generates
> > interest for Linux among software vendors.  We seem to be far from
> > it.  
> 
> Yes, but Microsoft is much farther.  I wouldn't be surprised if our
> 64-bit
> userbase outnumbered win64's already.  When 64-bit computing as a
> whole starts
> to become significant, they'll start to be interested in either of
> these
> platforms. 

don't forget the servers boost on amd64 + linux that every big companies
(hp, ibm, sun for example) sold.

many companies are promoting amd64 with linux.



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