Microsoft Propaganda against 64-Bit Software

[Tim Wunder]

On 5/6/2004 1:20 PM, I believe that Andrew L. Gould wrote:

> On Thu, 6 May 2004 12:48:30 -0400 (EDT) Net Llama!
> <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
> 
>> And Redhat, and Gentoo, and Debian.  I think all the major distros 
>> have 64bit CPU support now.  And that's ignoring Sun's Solaris
>> which is designed for their 64 bit Ultra Sparc line.  It also
>> wouldnt' surprise me if the *BSD offerings had 64 bit support.
>> 
>> So basically, its just M$ that lacks it.
>> 
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>> Lonni J Friedman				netllama at linux-sxs.org
> 
> 
> Yep.  NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenBSD all support AMD64.  NetBSD has 
> supported it since 2001.  Mac OSX has its G5.  Yellowdog Linux has 
> "preliminary" support for the G5.
> 

The article does mention that Apple has support for 64-bit:

<quote>
> Apple also has 64-bit chips in its PowerMac G5. It uses the OS X
> Panther operating system, which Apple has tweaked for the 64-bit
> chip. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in that. Operating systems need
> to be completely rewritten for 64 bits. Apple's chips can also run
> 32-bit software handily.
</quote>

So, was linux' 64-bit support a "tweak", or was it "completely rewritten 
for 64-bits"?

Tim