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64-Bit Java For Linux

LWATCDR writes "First we got 64-bit Flash; then the beginnings of 64-bit Wine; now Sun is providing a 64-bit Java plugin. For most people there is nothing to hold you back from running 64-bit Linux."

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  1. Re:64 bit Java? by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone has to be slower to load than the acrobat reader plugin.

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  2. For most people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For most people there is nothing to hold you back from running 64-bit Linux.

    Except the fact that Microsoft Windows is superior in every aspect.

  3. Re:128 bit computing is around the corner by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    64.0 bits should be enough for anyone.

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  4. Pamplona: Running with the bits. by Ostracus · · Score: 5, Funny

    ""First we got 64-bit Flash; then the beginnings of 64-bit Wine; now Sun is providing a 64-bit Java plugin. For most people there is nothing to hold you back from running 64-bit Linux."

    Owning a 32 bit computer might be an issue.

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  5. Re:Developers section red now ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Makes a change, most people around here are joke blind.

  6. Re:64 bit Java? by Al+Al+Cool+J · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's not really a properly-formed knock knock joke. How about:

    Knock Knock.

    Who's there?

    ...

    ...

    ...

    ...

    Java!

    Java who?

    ...

    ...

    ...

    ...

    Java few minutes? 'Cause this might take a while.