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Originally Posted by Gareth
Yeah, that's true but I like seeing people's faces when they realise that we'll be going through another Y2K scare  |
The best bit is that windows is going to be the most affected OS (again)...
Most verisions of Unix already Support 64 bit architectures - Solaris, HP(s)UX, TRU64, AIX etc.
Most versions of linux already have the facility as well....
The biggest problem is the chips - no good trying to run a 64 bit OS on a 32 bit chip....
AMD - have a good, working 64bit chip.
SUN - have a good, working 64 bit chip.
INTEL - have Itanium
so windows on Intel is likely to be the worst affected....
That said, the chances of any of us still maintaining mission critical systems on 32 bit architecture in 33 years is pretty slim.
Most likely we will be running 1024+ bit architectures, and this issue will not even be mentioned. (and personally I expect to be retired and to not give a damn
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