[6986] in Release_7.7_team
Re: 32 bit dialups vs. 64 bit clusters...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Thu Sep 30 17:41:27 2010
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
To: Alex T Prengel <alexp@mit.edu>
Cc: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@mit.edu>,
"release-team@MIT.EDU" <release-team@mit.edu>
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:41:20 -0400
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It may be too late to change course on this, but:
* Back in the day, when people suggested we move to 64-bit, I was never
able to get a specific reason why it was desirable. Is there a specific
reason now?
* If you go to ubuntu.com and click "Download Ubuntu", the 64-bit
desktop install CD is "Not recommended for daily desktop usage." I
don't really know why, but when I noticed that yesterday it made me
wonder about the decision to go 64-bit in Athena clusters.
I don't have a personal stake in this; I just wanted to express some
skepticism that it's better to be leading-edge than trailing-edge on
this front.
