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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (159265)	2/19/2002 12:56:52 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

"Easy for you to trivialize." Yes it is. I've had actual experience in porting stuff between architectures under Linux, mostly lower level and driver code. Linux does a good job of abstracting the hardware so that the details are taken care of at the kernel level. As far as a commitment, did you see who is doing the x86-64 port to Linux for AMD? I think they have a stake. As far as anyone else, all that really exists right now is the emulator. While that is good as a start, there needs to be actual hardware available before you see much action. Admittedly, Intel got a lot of announcements when they were paying companies to do a port to Itanium, but how many actual packages are available, as opposed to being announced? I have noted that one reason given for the lack of Itanium sales is that there is little software available... eweek.com news.com.com Note that companies were pledging their support years ago, but not that many have actually delivered.