[FreeVMS] Re: FreeVMS thought of the day....

[Roar Thronæs]

On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 01:33:37PM -0600, Roger Tucker wrote:
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> 3. Last but not least, at this rate, when FreeVMS is running and stable
> IA-32e CPUs will be the norm rather than the exception.

But we can not be sure.
It might go the same way as the Itanic IA-64.
So far it seems that x64_64 will be it (availability).

> All this being said, I think we should stay with 32 bit IA-32 CPUs as long
> as possible since most of us don't have access to IA-32e CPUs yet...  :-(

Yes, these Xeons are expensive, and I would not expect to find such
computers in the rubbish bin.

> Linux runs on tons of different CPUs, but I think FreeVMS should be more
> limited in the hardware that is supported to make it easier to maintain and

That depends on the number of developers, and on the availability of IA-32e.

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Regards,
Roar Thronæs