Re: 64-bit transition deadline (Re: Etch in the hands of the Stable Release Managers)
On Wed, Apr 11, 2007 at 06:23:32PM +0100, Luis Matos wrote:
> 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.
Sadly, I don't think servers are significant on this. They can even run
win64 there, since people don't plug their USB printers or gamepads into
servers ;-)
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