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    SubjectRe: Linux/IA-64 byte order
    On Tue, 9 Mar 1999, Florian Lohoff wrote:

    > Thats the point - Currently only very few people still run
    > old pre 90 software for 8086 and it will be the same with Linux
    > and Merced. As soon as the Merced comes out no-one will use
    > old x86 binarys so i would prefer a little performance decrease
    > in x86 emulation than penalties with little endianess for years
    > in future.

    What planet are you on?!? Have you the faintest clue how long
    it takes the big vendors (like Informix and Oracle) to gear
    up to port, QA and support a new platform? And then you have
    to wait for the next tier of application software to be ported,
    hoping that (a) the company still exists, (b) they care about
    porting the code you want, (c) they aren't going to stiff you
    for a load more money in the process.

    Running, and *depending on* truely ancient programs is not
    that uncommon!

    Mike

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