How long will 64bit Ubuntu users have to wait?

[Kilz _]

>From: "Mark Reitblatt" <Mark at Reitblatt.com>
>Reply-To: reitblatt at gmail.com
>To: "Kilz _" <kilzzz at hotmail.com>
>CC: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
>Subject: Re: How long will 64bit Ubuntu users have to wait?
>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:23:56 -0500
>
>On 9/29/06, Kilz _ <kilzzz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Since someone has to have a reason for running the operating system 
>designed
> > for their hardware in your opinion.
>
>Huh? You barge in here demanding that resources be shifted to support
>x86_64 and when asked why perfect x86_64 support was needed this is
>your response? You sound like you think 64 bit is some magic thing
>that is automatically better than 32 bit. There are certain use cases
>that certainly benefit from x86_64 which were mentioned earlier, but
>virtually nothing for the average desktop user. You want perfect 64
>bit support? Explain why it is needed. I imagine the majority of
>people using x86_64 on the desktop are just doing it for the hell of
>it*. Prove me wrong.
>
>
> > Since you have brought up Vista. Isn't it a shame that once it is 
>released
> > you are going to have a hard time doing the same to 64bit system owners 
>who
> > want to switch? That is unless you expect people running 64bit Vista to 
>want
> > to downgrade to 32bit to get functionality they are used to.
>
>I think this is the problem. You seem to think that "downgrading" from
>x86_64 to x86 is somehow "bad". The reality is most people get no real
>benefit either way. Instead of crying about having to "downgrade", why
>don't you see if you can even justify working on a 64 bit desktop in
>the first place. Just because "the hardware is 64 bit" is a horrible
>reason. If you can't justify it, how in the world can you possibly
>justify demanding that other people divert resources to support your
>arbitrary decision?
>
>
>* I mean desktop as in "not workstation or server".
>
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Thanks for editing things I said out. Remember the A and B. Thats 3d 
modeling. But still there is no basis for you to tell a 64bit system owner 
they have to use any version over another. That talk sounds like the modern 
day Microsoft.

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