Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:35:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenny Drobnack <kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Intel Merced FreeBSD??? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990826233048.20866A-100000@mission.mvnc.edu>
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Lately i have seen a lot of speculation as to what will happen when the Intel Merced comes out. Will people wait 12-18 months for a 64 bit Windows (that's the amount of time I keep hearing it will take them to get Win2000 running on it) or will they just buy it and pop Linux onto it right away? If the majority of the people opt for option #2, it may mean Linux will finally get a huge edge over M$! While Linux is a great OS, and I like seeing M$ have some problems, I would even more like to have the assurance of being able to run FreeBSD on 64 bit architecture. Is there any port planned to that system? Has anyone even mention it? Also, will the lib/compat end up having a linux32 and a linux64 directory so it can run both old Linux apps and new? ----- We are now the Knights who say... "Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-PTANG! Zoom-Boing! Z'nourrwringmm!" ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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