How long will 64bit Ubuntu users have to wait?

[Brandon Holtsclaw]

> I think everyone should give what they can. In fact lots of people give by
> just helping people who are new to Ubuntu. I dont count the hours I have
> given. Should I? Is it less important? Should developers be able to look
> down on others?

no you are not less important, infact bravo for the work you do contribute, 
serouisly , no sarcasim etc ( just to be clear as email isnt the best media 
to convey feelings at times ) , /but/ in THIS instance you are arguring and 
being part of the problem not the solution

> Wow, Firefox and Wine are proprietary? Are you sure?  To many people are
> focusing in on what can be loaded with these open source applications. But
> dosent the 32bit version have the exact things that 64bit users request be
> avilable?

No firefox and wine are not propitary and are both avaible natively on the 
64bit platform , or are you sugesting the "plugins" for Firefox? yea those 
ARE propiatary and not avaible for 64bit linux, maybe you should nag adobe

> Who are you to tell a 64bit system owner that they should run? Are you
> suggesting the 64bit version is inferior? That there are problems with it
> that would stop a normal user switching from Windows from using it?

No one is telling them what to run, they are free to run what they are 
entitled to , if that means the Windows (32bit) you keep refering to or the 
64bit linux then so be it, use the right tool for the job , in the case of 
propritary requirements ( eg 32bit firefox plugins ) then yes it makes sense 
to run a 32bit OS untill those requirements are fullfilled ( something that 
this thread is detracting people from working on and I must say leaving a 
very sour taste in atleaste _MY_ mouth for even volentering time to help )

And last but not leaste lets not for get the PPC users , this platform has 
been arround MUCH longer than x86_64 and no flash or win32codecs etc are 
avaible for it, but that dosent stop me from happly using my PPC system every 
day to its full extent, and when i do have the time I contribute to GNASH as 
open source flash alternative for any os and platform. does this mean I 
should have started a Mean thread about "How Long Will PPC Ubuntu users have 
to wait? " taking developers precious time ? NO, let me repeat that _NO_ , it 
means that i dig in and help where i can getting gnash to work on ppc, 
weather its rallying developers for the cause, writing docs, etc etc etc, and 
you have done a brovo job of that one the forums let me tell you, but your 
behavure here has been far less than satisfactory for a developemnt list

So I beg of you once again drop this thread on the developemt list unless you 
have something DEVELOPEMNT to contribute to the disscussion, take it to 
sounder or elsewhere 

Lets be constructive and lets make Ubuntu great for EVERYONE !

END OF THREAD !!
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Brandon Holtsclaw
imbrandon at kubuntu.org
http://www.imbrandon.com