Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 02:12:20 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: .wma music files (amd64 woes...) Message-ID: <cb5206420510161512s4c4c8332w27e2955c6acfea92@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051016141617.D48641@liam.billschoolcraft.com> References: <200510170014.36661.shinjii@virusinfo.rdksupportinc.com> <20051016141616.GA10606@yoafrica.com> <20051016092201.A48641@liam.billschoolcraft.com> <43529782.4010201@mkproductions.org> <20051016124158.D48641@liam.billschoolcraft.com> <4352ADE2.5090502@mkproductions.org> <20051016134218.T48641@liam.billschoolcraft.com> <cb5206420510161404r11b2e680t9e6151d73985260f@mail.gmail.com> <20051016141617.D48641@liam.billschoolcraft.com>
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On 10/17/05, Bill Schoolcraft <bill@wiliweld.com> wrote: > At Mon, 17 Oct 2005 it looks like Andrew P. composed: > > <humbly_snipped> > > > > > It's not a problem with FreeBSD, really. The ports > > themselves should get to work under amd64. > > Ahh, very good point. I didn't look at it from that angle. > > > 2006 will probably become the year of widespread > > adoption of 64-bit computing. Until it ends, you'd > > better use FreeBSD/i386 on your desktops. All > > server software that was popular enough was > > ensured to run on FreeBSD/amd64 smoothly. > > Yes, the "flash" plugin had me sigh also... From being used to > using Unix based OS's for a while, I've come to "not" expect > flash to work on anything, sad as it may seem. I guess it's > like the "unix-fonts" in our browsers, you kinda get numb to the > whole thing. > > Thanks for the replies. > > -- > Bill Schoolcraft > PO Box 210076 > San Francisco, CA 94121 > http://billschoolcraft.com > ~ > "You do best what you like most." > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > > Only through everyday work with FreeBSD did I understand the whole "scam" with claims that technologies like Java and Flash are cross- platform. While a thing remains proprietary, it won't be open and free, however hard one tries to advertise it. Try to convince me to develop in ActionScrip or Java now, I'll just tell you "Thanks, but no, thanks."
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