RE: Thats all folks!

> That it can run 10 year old code is great and helps my shop which has
code
> older than that, I suspect that it really isn't much of a selling point
> (though I'm not a salesman, so it may be).  I just don't know about the
> impact of the statement, "Hey, you can run 10 year old programs on this
> baby!"


The point isn't whether you buy a machine and then get some 10 year old
code to run.

It's ;  If you have this machine and write something for it, You will not
have to
rewrite it if they put a new processor in it or something.

You are not forced to rewrite/recompile because the OS changes.    That is
NOT true for MS.

I remember a young computer person (from a MS/*nix background) watch in
amazement when I took
my tape from a 48bit CISC AS/400 and did a restore on a 64bit RISC machine
and as I touched
objects I was getting status messages saying "Now converting to 64bit...)
automatically.
No touching of Source Code, No Recompiling, Nada.

They were then TRUE 64bit programs.

I would be willing to bet when I get my 64wintel box,
I will not crank up my current Office Suite and see that message being
displayed.

I will either HAVE TO BUY A NEW OFFICE Suite/Sour or it will run in 32 bit
mode.

That is the crux.  I chose when to upgrade my apps.  Not the Hardware/OS
vendor.

That is the Selling point.  It is TRUE investment protection.

IMHO

John