Re: st: linux vs windows for Stata (not Stata related anymore)

["Guillaume Frechette" <gurst1@hotmail.com>]

> One potential advantage of a GNU/linux version of Stata over Windows is 
> that there is
> already a 64-bit version of Stata for Linux already available whilst there 
> is no such
> version available for windows...yet (this is of course only relevant if the 
> remote
> computer is running a 64-bit operating system).
Thanks Henrik, Neil, and Sam. I must confess ignorance about 64 (or any) bit 
operating systems however? Does Redhat linux and Windows XP or 2000 run in 
64 bits? Do you need to specify the number of bits of your OS when you buy 
Stata if you want to use the 64-bit?

Thanks again.

g

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