On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:45:55 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips1426.html
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> This means that Windows continues to (indirectly) resist the emergence
> of 64-bit applications for 64-bit processor. That said, Intel have some
> large investments in Linux, through their research labs.
Talk about hoisted by your own petard... Microsoft was able to stymie CPU
evolution for so long that they and their partners-in-crime became
dependent on single-machine software design. Then, one small CPU change
finally escaped their control, and suddenly their dependency has turned
into a ball-and-chain.
I really don't see MS ever catching up now. By the time Vista comes out,
and then sufficient numbers of commercial vendors have released 64-bit
applications for it, CPU design will have moved along - and OSS will be
right there with it, while MS will just be catching up to technology
that's already a few years old right now.
It's no wonder the rats are leaving.
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