>> As 64-bit PC's become available on the market, we will have a 64-bit OS >> ready to install on it. > > >I think we should be *really* proactive about this. Once BeOS32 is complete >BeOS64 should be started. *AND* I think it should boot and stay in IA64 64 >bit >mode on intel. Perhaps there should be a parallel effort to duplicate BeOS >for IA64 >while BeOS 32 is being developed....... Interesting. This is mostly a kernel issue, at least, that was true for Be, IIRC. And I think that we can keep it that way - most of the rest of the OS should have little trouble with a 64 bit recompile. I would hesitate to try a parallel effort, especially since (AFAIK) I can not go and buy IA64 yet. :-) >BeOS32 should be ported to more 32 bit platforms once the standards are >worked out. That is one of the things that I have been wondering about. Travis has ported NewOS as it stands today to PPC (almost), Alpha, and SPARC. It would/will be really cool if we can keep that. I would love to boot OBOS on everything in sight. :-) >BeOS64 should be ported to most 64 bit platforms too. > >Pieter > > >