Linux will get faster. When Intel releases Merced, things will become more extreme. It will take a long time before Windows software and applications catch up to 64-bit. OSS apps for Linux should require only a recompile to run. Most Linux apps have already been tested on 64-bit machines. Windows apps, on the other hand, are not generally designed with even a concept of 64-bit machines. While NT runs on Alphas and certain other 64-bit machines, very few vendors actually support those machines.
It seems to me that people buying servers will have a choice between a 64-bit Linux and a 32-bit NT. Microsoft could get burned the same way IBM did with the 386s and PS/2s.
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Linux will get faster.
When Intel releases Merced, things will become more extreme. It will take a long time before Windows software and applications catch up to 64-bit.
OSS apps for Linux should require only a recompile to run. Most Linux apps have already been tested on 64-bit machines.
Windows apps, on the other hand, are not generally designed with even a concept of 64-bit machines. While NT runs on Alphas and certain other 64-bit machines, very few vendors actually support those machines.
It seems to me that people buying servers will have a choice between a 64-bit Linux and a 32-bit NT. Microsoft could get burned the same way IBM did with the 386s and PS/2s.
-Dish