On Apr 4, 2005 4:50 PM, Kyrre Ness Sjobak <kyrre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, but still... It isn't much use to get the users (who often wants to > use the distro as a platform) into unnecessary trouble - at least as > long as there isn't any real benefit of running Firefox in 64 bit > mode... Shall we take your logic to its absurd conclusion. If there are no 64bit browsers in use... there will never be enough demand for macromedia to release a 64bit flash program .. if there is no 64bit flash program there will be no demand for 64bit browsers...if there is no 64bit browsers in use.. on and on we go. Its a chicken and egg problem. As long as users are too chicken, macromedia gets to keep its precious proprietary egg. > Which would scare (new) users into thinking "Linux isn't userfriendly", > choose not to learn it (scared of at early stage), tell others this, and > choose non-Linux solutions over Linux ones - which may in turn be bad > for future RH revenue. Right...choosing non-linux 64bit solutions over 64bit linux. Remind me again... what are the 64bit non-linux solutions for PC hardware right now? Isn't windows 64bit xp still in some sort of beta phase? New users.. running amd 64bit hardware (thats what we are talking about really arent we).. can just as easily choose 32bit fedora core.. and avoid this sort of crap completely. Or.. they can wait till MS 64bit XP lands and macromedia finally feels significant market pressure to get off their asses and build a 64bit versions of their plugins. In the meantime we can all hope and pray that svg magically matures and someone crafts professional development tools for it to challenge macromedia in the marketplace and we a no longer held hostage by macromedia to get our required dosage of pointless interactive web experience. -jef"well okay... its not all totally pointless.. strong bad emails are a crucially informative source of world news"spaleta