Re: Windows Server 2008 to be the last 32 bit OS

Dean Hill wrote on 5/17/2007 :
Brian Evans wrote:

cases. That some features will only be available with the 64bit
versions of the Windows Server OS doesn't directly indicate if Win32
binaries will or will not be able to take advantage of them.

But it is a concern. Should a situation arise where, for example,
Delphi web server apps don't run in the new 64bit IIS, it would cause a
lot of problems. I doubt this would be the case, but we don't know
what the big beast (MS) has in store for us in the future. They may
see it as an opportunity to push .NET more as one of their bigger RAD
development competitors does not have a 64bit Native solution.

I know I would if I were them.

The only counter argument to this is that the
OS team doesn't really care if the Dev team
has competitors, so I'm skeptical that it is
by design.

But it doens't really matter. By design or not, this
will be a milestone in terms of closing the
window of opportunity.
If your app has to run in a hosted 32 bit
environment, where is the advantage of being "native"?

Thanks,
Brad.


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