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

[marius popa]

On 10/6/05, Roar Thronæs <roart at nvg.ntnu.no> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 01:33:37PM -0600, Roger Tucker wrote:
> >
> > 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.

there are celerons with 64bit enabled , or quite cheap amd semprons ~50$
with full 64bit support

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD64

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