From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 12 00:40:25 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D95D9106564A for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:40:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from blue.seahorse.syndicate@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qc0-f182.google.com (mail-qc0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B4D88FC14 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:40:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qcsg15 with SMTP id g15so1980586qcs.13 for ; Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:40:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=content-type:date:to:subject:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :from:organization:message-id:user-agent; bh=0KDotRhmhiX9+/tYs0Bw+ypmg68aR1UUxQ1+RrEp7WQ=; b=HXCvjO5rcNttESwoKjZ/BY9sODCnIeCWb6GaAT/om/bZR4Y1BuWo7Yk8RxvxXtbzDh Oc4+FYP8tP+05Uc/E+UhHBd4NZcCMQRq8TpG2NqdFC+ygNdTKOINL2jYt+TR/oNmssVS 6/laj9F5VOZnrn8/Lk7MaYBd8MOY3dd4kcuxsuFqfHIygLThDoLIQXq0gqp2WlpWaKrv o1voByU3y9QKMPkk/lJb1/wSFk8YtoLCr/QoDJUtUQCn/yX+FsbnX1kGBzJcg18kHh6s Zc0zvJOALRyqmd4MPhuYNW0YM8VgY3mm703jEJmarkcRmRkuJaC8ydv3Jh70FmHbaU8F sP9g== Received: by 10.224.116.9 with SMTP id k9mr7055993qaq.14.1344732024516; Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:40:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blueleafone.quebecconnection (pool-72-73-110-4.ptldme.east.myfairpoint.net. [72.73.110.4]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id fx5sm3567099qab.14.2012.08.11.17.40.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:40:23 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:40:21 -0400 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Lynn Steven Killingsworth" Organization: Blue Seahorse Syndicate Message-ID: User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.00 (FreeBSD) Subject: Flashplayer expiration & mini-mainframes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:40:25 -0000 Dear FreeBSD - I am looking forward to installing PC-BSD 9.1 at the end of the week!! The Adobe website states that Flashplayer 11.2 will be the last ported to Linux [although it will forever received security updates.] Flashplayer 11.3 I believe is the first to offer 64-bit support. It is rumored here that Opera 12.5 is to be 64-bit - and could be ready now except that Opera is writing their own Flashplayer like plugin. Are we that lucky? I have been thinking about nearly commodity mini-mainframes for some months and it appears that FreeBSD is the most well positioned. I have heard that 1 in 6 'PC' server buyers asks their vendor for mainframe functions such as are provided by ia64. Surely ASUS and Supermicro would know that. I do not know how long it takes to write a kernel but I here the Linux camp is whispering that they need an ia64 kernel. FreeBSD must have been optimizing it ia64 kernel for at least 6 years. Is FreeBSD that lucky? And of course I suppose AMD must want both a PC and workstation chip and a different workstation and server chip? -- Steve Blue Seahorse Syndicate http://www.blueleafsyndicate.org Maine & New Hampshire Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/