2010/11/4 Frank Esposito <[email protected]>: > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 8:36 AM, T. J. Brumfield <[email protected]>wrote: > >> There is an open OOo bug that is over 5 years old. >> >> http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46594 >> >> It seems that OOo developers felt this was an unnecessary feature. However, >> as users have commented in that bug report, the 32-bit version doesn't work >> in 64-bit Terminal Servers, and Microsoft does not ship a 32-bit server >> product anymore. Furthermore, Base can not connect to a 64-bit ODBC data >> source. >> >> Given that Microsoft has been shipping 64-bit operating systems for 7 years >> now, and that there are legitimate use cases where OOo/LibO can't fufil >> user >> needs without a 64-bit Windows build, shouldn't this be reevaluated? >> >> And from a pure perception standpoint, it looks like OOo/LibO is behind MS >> Office in this regard, given that MS Office offers a 64-bit version. >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> > > +2 for 64-bit builds > It is on the TODO list. It needs some porting efforts, however. It is not as simple as recompiling the source code with a 64-bit compiler.
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