From: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
To: wbrana <wbrana@gmail.com>
Cc: Martin Nybo Andersen <tweek@tweek.dk>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Drop support for x86-32
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:00:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMzpN2j1EMMxbnm6X4W263Lk+GzicoiXQuTKQuhpAswX4ywk8A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJ7jCmmvmAocza6A=F5UKmfHWgBxeNyUsbmxRTCyoO8ChTC6PA@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 5:53 AM, wbrana <wbrana@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/23/12, Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Windows mostly sells with new hardware, and by the time win9 is
>> released all new hardware designed for it will be 64-bit capable.
>> Therefore it is not *profitable* for Microsoft to continue to develop
>> a 32-bit version. That doesn't apply to Linux. Linux is installed on
>> a broad range of hardware, new and old. In general, we don't drop
>> support for hardware unless there is nobody willing to maintain it.
> It won't also be profitable for Linux to support trash.
If you don't want to support it that's your opinion. Those of us who
do don't care what you think. There is no profit motive in open
source.
--
Brian Gerst
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-24 12:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 107+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-23 10:41 Drop support for x86-32 wbrana
[not found] ` <201208231814.21168.tweek@tweek.dk>
2012-08-23 17:22 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 17:51 ` Ondrej Zary
2012-08-23 18:07 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 12:40 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-08-24 12:59 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 13:51 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 15:48 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-08-24 15:55 ` wbrana
[not found] ` <CANQmPXj6VsxP596xeU5SZaL=eyDJR4_ShBxCJVqthYTdNA4HSw@mail.gmail.com>
2012-08-24 16:11 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:14 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-24 16:17 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:20 ` Bobby Powers
2012-08-24 16:24 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:20 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-24 16:26 ` wbrana
[not found] ` <201208241832.09577.tweek@tweek.dk>
2012-08-24 16:39 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:24 ` Chris Friesen
2012-08-24 16:54 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-24 17:05 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 17:25 ` Chris Friesen
2012-08-24 17:28 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-24 18:11 ` Gene Heskett
[not found] ` <201208241952.04988.tweek@tweek.dk>
2012-08-24 18:18 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 18:35 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-24 18:59 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 19:53 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-25 8:27 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 8:43 ` Gene Heskett
2012-08-25 9:25 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 12:20 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 14:41 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 15:51 ` Shentino
2012-08-25 16:07 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 11:35 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-08-25 11:52 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 16:46 ` Jochen Striepe
2012-08-25 17:22 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 17:24 ` Shentino
2012-08-25 17:27 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 17:34 ` Pekka Enberg
2012-08-25 17:38 ` wbrana
2012-08-26 2:18 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-08-26 2:30 ` Cruz Julian Bishop
2012-08-27 12:21 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2012-08-25 17:40 ` Jochen Striepe
2012-08-25 17:49 ` wbrana
2012-08-25 0:51 ` Cruz Julian Bishop
2012-08-25 7:46 ` wbrana
[not found] ` <CANQmPXgefyCJuzFiAugp6OW2+HtjABSWuQqG33gAU_XgQ1V_2A@mail.gmail.com>
2012-08-24 16:19 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:36 ` Alan Cox
2012-08-24 16:36 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 16:47 ` Alan Cox
2012-08-24 16:45 ` wbrana
2012-08-26 13:56 ` Mark Lord
[not found] ` <CAJ7jCm=A+OOQNq3HYsyM9bVXYQbfxkXaJg+yN_-vyA+VM9-jgQ@mail.gmail.com>
2012-08-29 23:03 ` Mark Lord
2012-08-29 23:42 ` Jeff Garzik
2012-08-25 0:57 ` Cruz Julian Bishop
2012-08-23 18:08 ` Al Viro
2012-08-23 18:17 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 18:22 ` Pekka Enberg
2012-08-23 18:23 ` David Daney
2012-08-23 18:30 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 18:33 ` David Daney
2012-08-23 18:40 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 19:01 ` Al Viro
2012-08-24 9:51 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 18:50 ` Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-23 18:54 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-23 19:03 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 19:04 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-23 19:08 ` wbrana
2012-08-23 19:35 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-24 9:50 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 10:27 ` Ronnie Collinson
2012-08-24 10:30 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 10:36 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 10:38 ` Ronnie Collinson
2012-08-24 10:42 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 10:49 ` Maarten Lankhorst
2012-08-24 10:59 ` Ronnie Collinson
2012-08-24 11:57 ` Brian Gerst
2012-08-24 9:53 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 12:00 ` Brian Gerst [this message]
2012-08-24 12:04 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 12:14 ` Ondrej Zary
2012-08-24 12:27 ` wbrana
2012-08-24 18:17 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-24 18:57 ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-08-24 19:13 ` Alan Cox
2012-08-24 19:58 ` Theodore Ts'o
2012-08-24 20:06 ` Dave Jones
2012-08-24 20:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-08-24 20:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-24 19:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-24 19:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-08-24 20:18 ` Space-Certified CPUs and Linux Craig Milo Rogers
2012-08-24 20:49 ` Drop support for x86-32 Sam Ravnborg
2012-08-30 1:14 ` david
2012-08-24 16:24 ` Raymond Jennings
2012-08-24 18:09 Martin Nybo Andersen
2012-08-24 19:32 Raymond Jennings
2012-08-26 14:26 Free Email Service
2012-08-26 17:01 ` Shentino
2012-08-26 16:35 Free Email Service
2012-08-28 8:24 Boszormenyi Zoltan
2012-08-30 8:46 Free Email Service
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