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eWeek: 64-Bit Linux Is Already Here
May 7, 2005, 07 :00 UTC (10 Talkback[s]) (11642 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"In Bill Gates' WinHEC opening keynote address, he talked about the third decade—the 64-bit decade—of Windows computing and the problems it faces with a lack of software and 64-bit drivers. What I want to know is why anyone who wants a 64-bit operating system today is bothering with Windows in the first place, when 64-bit Linux has been around for ages?

"The usual excuses for wanting Windows—familiar applications and better device-driver support—don't hold water this time..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
It was great to read an article with no  ...   Two Thumbs Up   
Fred Williams
May 7, 2005, 13:08:33
 
The guy says Oracle is available for EM6 ...   EM64T?   
Mr. Foo
May 7, 2005, 13:54:08
 
  coming out of the gate 10 years behind ...   unusual position for Microsoft...   
john
May 7, 2005, 14:50:46
 
There was a puff piece on the BBC's  ...   Mail the BBC   
Colin Walls
May 7, 2005, 14:51:12
 
> I mailed the editors, though I doubt t ...   Re: Mail the BBC   
Bob Robertson
May 7, 2005, 19:04:21
 
Clearly Micro$oft, as the Knower of All  ...   Give Me That 64-Bit Blue Screen of Death!!   
bincbom
May 8, 2005, 03:41:28
 
I remember a few years ago, the U.S. Nav ...   Navy Linux on 64 bits   
Joe User
May 9, 2005, 06:18:54
 
Not a Win fan, but just for a sake of co ...   NT 3.5x and 4 on Alpha?   
Tomislav
May 9, 2005, 11:36:28
 
> Not a Win fan, but just for a sake of  ...   Re: NT 3.5x and 4 on Alpha?   
Walter van der Schee
May 9, 2005, 14:27:39
 
irulan root # uname -aLinux irulan 2.6.1 ...   64b Linux   
Carlos Garcia
May 9, 2005, 19:57:32
 
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