Robert Millan wrote:
OTOH, if we provide win64, game vendors will be very happy that they can target
all platforms with a single binary, stablishing win64 as the standard.
Dream on. Game vendors don't care what Wine can and can't run, it's not
their problem. Their target platforms are it.
I suppose we'll have released lenny by end of 2008. In case we haven't (big
failure in our part), at that point win64 in wine would stop being a problem and
begin being something useful. So my request can be translated into "not
providing win64 before end of 2008" rather than "with lenny".
And lenny+1 will be out when? 2009? So if win64 apps appear in 2008,
debian (stable) won't support them until 2009. Yay.
Btw, I suppose you have read this essay which is very related to our discussion;
if you haven't, I strongly recommend it:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html
I read the important parts, yes. However,
1) Eric Raymond is so full of crap (again) it's not even funny. While
the whole article is silly, the only thing I even need to mention, is
that x86-64 systems don't need 64-bit software, they can run 32-bit
software, and this 32-bit software can address 64GB of RAM (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension for an
explanation), which, if we even accept his assumptions that RAM usage
drives OS migration, places the supposed "hard deadline" in 2014.
(MS-DOS, also, could address more than 1MB, and even run 32-bit code,
such as Doom. Windows took over for quite different reasons.)
2) If you seriously think every Joe on the street is going to pick up
Linux just because it supports 64-bit a little bit faster than Windows,
I've got a nice bridge in San Francisco to sell you.
3) World domination is not something to toy with. In my opinion, it
should be deserved by someone/something responsible - and so, if it
takes surreptitious machinations to achieve it, I don't even want it.
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