On Sun, Oct 29, 2006 at 01:22:49PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear Debian folks, > > I have been reading about the benefits of 64 bit computing on the web. In <snip> > > OK, here's the dumb question: > > Let's suppose that money was no object and we managed in some technical > feat to construct a computer that could have a 64 bit chip in it that would > be properly hooked up to 16 exabytes of RAM. > > If I had such a computer in my possession and I offered to donate to the > Debian community how would it respond? > Hi Michael, from what I have read on debian-devel, someone who want to buy a new machine for Debian would ask about what the current or future need is, thus allowing you to buy what would suite the project. Now if you already have a machine, then either someone would say, "yes, that is good for XYZ" or they would say, "no, that is not what anyone needs." Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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