Re: [Qemu-devel] 0.9.0 and svn don't build with -march=pentium2 etc.; was: Latest SVN fails to build on Fedora Core 6 (same with 0.9.0)

[Rob Landley]

On Saturday 24 March 2007 8:32 am, Sunil Amitkumar Janki wrote:
> Anyhow, I expect 32-bit hardware to gradually die because of wear and 
> tear in the next few years and the replacement will be 64-bit hardware so
> the problem will solve itself that way.

Specifically, in 2008 32-bit x86 hardware both drops below 50% of the 
installed base and stops being a commercial viable option for new sales in 
the desktop or laptop space.  (Eric Raymond and I did research about this, 
and made a table and everything. :)

http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/world-domination/world-domination-201.html#id248066

Rob
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