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The lack of applications that can run on Itanium makes gauging the performance of software on the 64bit platform problematic. However, hardware-focused tests are possible.
Since Mac and Windows OSes now run on Intel-based hardware, shouldn't it be easy to run both on the same computer?
The next version of the heart of the Linux operating system is expected by June, according to project founder Linus Torvalds.
Commentary: What do we need in a new operating system? The next version of the Microsoft Windows desktop is supposed to answer that question.
IBM's work on the AIX 5L Unix operating system will bear fruit this year, with version 5.1 enabling systems to incorporate Power 4 chips or Intel's Itanium for the first time.
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