Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [bigmem-patch] 4GB with Linux on IA32

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Sat, 21 Aug 1999 16:36:47 +0100


> > We have 64 bit CPUs available (cheaply) NOW. There's the Alpha,
> > UltraSparc, and PPC (64bit version may not be "cheap" quite yet) at
> > least. There is NO REASON to stick with 32bit Intel architecture if
> > your requirements dictate over 4GB RAM in a system. Besides, you're

slurn@griffin.engr.sgi.com said:
> Tell that to a customer that wants (for whatever reason) an intel
> system.

Of course you do - just like you would a customer who wants to run it on a
Commodore 64.

One of the reasons that Linux keeps its technical edge is because developers
don't have to bite their tongue when a customer asks for something blatantly
stupid. Pandering to brain-dead management types who have no clue what they're
asking for is something that we leave to other people.

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