On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 02:34:37PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
I'd love to hear of compelling reasons for not just using 64bit.
The only *real* case I've heard put forward so far has been
"we're locked in to using some binary kernel module, and there's
no 64bit version of it". Though these days, even that should be
less true than it used to be.
The only argument I've heard against using 32-bit compat libraries on
64bit is the desire to reduce the footprint of installed apps to
preclude any security issues that may arise through them being
installed. I don't buy it much myself, but there you go. That said,
not all ISVs are willing to do the port/build to 64bits if their apps
can't benefit from being 64-bit themselves. It only adds to the ISV's
devel and testing requirements for no noticable gain in marketshare.
Here's where pure open source software is a huge win, as we're not
beholden to an ISV to rebuild/retest on their schedule.
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