anyone coming aboard sonny crockett's boat would meet Security Chief Elvis..elvis was an alligator Topic: does TC work with <Intel64/Itanium> or should we be invoking TC64 Bit in 'Windows Compatibility Mode' aka32bit ? Thanks Martin ______________________________________________ Disclaimer and confidentiality note Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relates to the official business of Sender. This transmission is of a confidential nature and Sender does not endorse distribution to any party other than intended recipient. Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained within this transmission.
> From: chuck.caldar...@unisys.com > To: users@tomcat.apache.org > Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:55:16 -0600 > Subject: RE: Hello > > > From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] > > Subject: Re: Hello > > > > I understand that, but how would a newbie understand this ? > > Read the mailing list? > > > I didn't know that. But who (other than an expert) would > > know that, looking at those links alone ? > > Actually, Intel seems to have deliberately added to the confusion, since they > recently renamed the current 64-bit architecture to "Intel 64" (even though > AMD invented it). This is exceedingly close to their older, Really Bad Idea > architecture IA64, aka Itanium. Other synonyms for AMD64 include x86-64 (the > original AMD name for it), x64, EM64T, and IA32e (the latter two names are > from Intel). > > Who could possibly be confused? :-( > > > I posted another message a couple of days ago that > > asked why these 64-bit versions of tomcat.exe and > > tomcatw.exe were not just included in the zip version. > > Any idea of the reason ? > > I'm not privy to the thought processes behind the packaging of the .exe and > .zip downloads, but I don't like it, whatever it was. I think all bits and > pieces should be in all the packages. The .exe installer could be made smart > enough to detect the platform and JVM it's running on, and choose the 32- or > 64-bit service wrapper as appropriate. The service.bat script would probably > have to use a command line option to select 32- or 64-bit, but that's way > better than the current state of affairs. Finding the 64-bit versions right > now is a lot like Arthur Dent's run-in with the planning commission: > > "It was on display on the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a > disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'." > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its > attachments from all computers. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t1_allup_howitworks_022009
