This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003F_01C173A5.9D19DB00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Majorly late reply, twas not my point to go on about compliant and non compliant coders. The point being made was the fact that Linux is and has been supporting = test processors thus being onestep ahead of M$ I think when thought = about is actually more ammo in the Linux Camp. But still if thow lives with M$ thee may not see it in that light. Nige=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Charles A. Reynolds=20 To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us=20 Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 2:11 AM Subject: Re: was yahoo!!! There has been some rift between Intel and MS over the past five years regarding archetecture. Of course the hardware guys=20 want to give the optimum capacity to their products. However the=20 software developers are barely compliant with 32 bit=20 archetecture. It will take something more than some guys and=20 10,000 monkeys hammering out code 24/7/365 to keep up with the = hardware. Running 32 bit programs on a 64 bit archetecture does nothing. charles ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Nancy Sollars=20 To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us=20 Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:16 PM Subject: Re: was yahoo!!! 64bit Intel CPU AMD Apparently are calling theirs=20 Claw Hammer ( Workstation CPU ) & Sledge Hammer ( Server CPU )=20 both AMD's are commonly known as the X86-64=20 I spoke to an AMD bod at the Linux 2001 show in London he said that = he and a few of the other guys at AMD were working alongside the x86-64 = project closely and with SuSE.de as most of the developers in the = project were from SuSE Linux. Rudiger MD of Suse de had other interesting things to say about it. Nige ------=_NextPart_000_003F_01C173A5.9D19DB00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Majorly late reply,
 
twas not my point to go on about = compliant and non=20 compliant coders.
 
The point being made was the fact that = Linux is and=20 has been supporting test processors thus being onestep ahead of M$ I = think when=20 thought about is actually more ammo in the Linux Camp.
 
But still if thow lives with M$ thee = may not see it=20 in that light.
 
Nige 
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Charles A.=20 Reynolds
To: plug-discuss@lists.= PLUG.phoenix.az.us=20
Sent: Thursday, November 22, = 2001 2:11=20 AM
Subject: Re: was yahoo!!!

There has been some rift between = Intel and MS=20 over the past
five years regarding = archetecture.  Of=20 course the hardware guys
want to give the optimum capacity to = their=20 products.  However the
software developers are barely = compliant with 32=20 bit
archetecture.  It will take = something more=20 than some guys and
10,000 monkeys hammering out code = 24/7/365 to=20 keep up with the hardware.
 
Running 32 bit programs on a 64 bit = archetecture=20 does nothing.
 
charles
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Nancy = Sollars=20
To: plug-discuss@lists.= PLUG.phoenix.az.us=20
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, = 2001=20 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: was = yahoo!!!

64bit Intel CPU
 
AMD Apparently are calling theirs =
 
Claw Hammer ( Workstation CPU ) = & Sledge=20 Hammer ( Server CPU )
 
both AMD's are commonly known as = the X86-64=20
 
I spoke to an AMD bod at the Linux = 2001 show in=20 London he said that he and a few of the other guys at AMD were = working=20 alongside the x86-64 project closely and with SuSE.de as most of the = developers in the project were from SuSE Linux.
 
Rudiger MD of Suse de had other = interesting=20 things to say about it.
 
Nige
 
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