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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
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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
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