[haiku-development] Re: Haiku future IMH point of view

  • From: "Duane Ryan" <bailey.d.r@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:12:52 -0400

First off, I never mentioned cancel; by all means, retain legacy
support. But ignoring the current set of processors, i.e. 64 bit
processors, would be going against the very spirit of BeOS.

-Duane



On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Mathew Schofield
<mr.schofield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 2008/9/15 Duane Ryan <bailey.d.r@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Honestly, I think now that 32 bit should take a back
>> seat. It's hard to buy a processor right now WITHOUT 64 bit...
>
> It's even harder to buy a processer that isnt a capable 32-bit x86 ;-).
>
> Haiku is meant for the desktop -- for old and new computers.
> Cancelling support for 99+% (?) of processors being used in desktop
> world isnt such a good idea... :D.
>
> --
> Thank You,
> Mathew Schofield
>
>

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