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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!boulder!news.coop.net!village.org!not-for-mail From: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: DEBATE: BSD vs. Linux Date: 4 Sep 1995 23:29:34 -0600 Organization: The Village Lines: 10 Message-ID: <42gn7u$bu@rover.village.org> References: <4233kp$t8p@hilly.apci.net> <42gchd$ptd@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> <42ger8$bc6@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov> <42gg3b$qn6@cnn.nas.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: rover.village.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:921 comp.os.linux.advocacy:19056 It is my understanding from those close to the Linux world that a 64bit port of Linux/Alpha is in the words, and that the 32bit port was just an exersize to understand the machine well enough to do the 64 bit port. Linus is supposedly doing the 64 bit kernel. Warner -- Warner Losh "VMS Forever" home: imp@village.org Cyberspace Development, Inc work: imp@marketplace.com Makers of TIA, The Internet Adapter. http://marketplace.com/