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Should my program support IA64, or should it only support x64?
I haven’t been able to easily find IA64 computers myself. Is IA64 dead?
MS seems to have a wide support for IA64, but it took me a long time to be able to find an IA64, and I had to end up getting it on eBay.
What kind of software do you develop? If it’s not a data center type of application or a high-end number crunching app, I’d be surprised if there were any demand for an ia64 version. And even then, I’d think it would be a situation where if you have to ask if you should support it, you probably don’t need to.
A couple things off the top of my head that might hamper an ia64 port:
Of course, I don’t work for Gartner or IDC or anyone who does market analysis, so you should take what I say here with whatever skepticism you have lying around.
Have any customers or potential customers inquired?