[OpenIndiana-discuss] oracle removes 32bit x86 cpu support for solaris 11 will OI do same?

[Michael Stapleton]

While we are talking about 32 | 64 bit processes; 
Which one is better?
Faster?
More efficient?

Mike


On Thu, 2011-06-23 at 13:59 +0100, Deano wrote:

> Windows made the shift last server release (2008r2 is x64 only).
> 
> So it's only the OSS server families which support 32bit, likely because
> both BSD and Linux support lots of platforms outside of x86.
> 
> Deano
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Driggs [mailto:gdriggs at gmail.com] 
> Sent: 23 June 2011 02:10
> To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
> Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] oracle removes 32bit x86 cpu support for
> solaris 11 will OI do same?
> 
> FWIW, Mac OS X Lion will only support x64 as well. IMHO, this is a good move
> for modern operating systems since there are always going to be alternatives
> for those still using i386 architecture. How long has Solaris/SPARC been
> 64-bit? At least ten years if not more...
> 
> -Gary
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