32 or 64??

[Dotan Cohen]

On 31 January 2010 22:58, Odd <iodine at runbox.no> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>>> For certain wide definitions of "fear". 32-bit has a higher chance of
>>>> getting one's applications installed with no hassle. That is a
>>>> definite advantage, especially on a distro like Ubuntu.
>>> I'm quite certain that you aren't a 64-bit user, at least not in the last year.
>>> If one can't manage installing software, that's not a 64-bit problem.
>>> If it's the 64-bit version, it's simple to get the 32-bit version.
>>>
>>
>> You are right, I am not a 64 bit user. I will get it a try once again
>> when the 10.04 betas come out.
>
> Then you should try to gain experience with the stuff you clearly have
> datet info on before having an opinion.
>

That sounds like the voice of youth. I clearly have experience with 64
bit code, and that experience tells me that it was not ready when I
tested it. Other experience tells me that there is no defining line
between "this technology is not yet ready" and "now it is", so even if
my experience is one year out of date, it is at a maximum at the
trailing end of valid. Yet further experience tells me that you
migrate new users to proven technologies, Linus likes to say "better
old bugs than new bugs".


>>>> Final straw in the sense that users expect at least the tutorials to work.
>>> Still, you're confusing 64-bit linux with wow64.
>>
>> I am unfamiliar with wow64.
>
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wow64
>

That's pretty funny there, pulling some irrelevant random acronym out
of the blue like it means something, then when being told that one is
unfamiliar with it using the new RTFM that is lmgtfy. My English is
weak, but I believe that those argument tactics are called red
herrings? Could someone correct me there? I'm sure I could google
it...

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