On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 06:39:16PM -0400, Jim Crilly wrote: > > Well I think users of applications like solidworks, lightwave, maya, > > etc, just might use win64 and be quite happy with it. Not a huge > > market, but not nothing either. I doubt this will be small enough that > > linux can automatically win the 64bit OS market. And if people start > > demanding 64bit support they will find a way to get a machien that does > > work with 64bit windows and get the applications they want. > > And don't forget games. Game developers will start releasing 64-bit binaries > and gamers will eat them up just because 64 > 32. So the Win64 market will > have a fair amount of users in the not too distant future.
Gamers can try anything they like, be it win64 or *-linux-gnu. But if it turns out that most of their hardware doesn't work with it, that's the end of their adventure. In the past years we have improved a lot on this area, but win64 is basicaly starting now. Do you see microsoft reverse-engineering every printer, scanner, joystick, etc that users bought without win64 drivers? They'll have to either do that, or wait untill all these hardware becomes obsolete and is replaced. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
