[1] http://www.petitiononline.com/lin64swf/

I just installed Fedora Core 4 for the AMD x86_64 CPU architecture (i.e., “arch”) and was disappointed when I found out that I would need to use a 32-bit version of Firefox in order to browse sites that have MacroMedia Flash.

This is but a minor blow to my usability. I don’t play games or watch movies in Flash, and mostly it’s a nuisance in the form of web-ads. But there are plenty of people for whom Flash movies are a full-time business, and they’re suffering because of this. This affects not only Linux users, as though it were a fringe problem, but also 64-bit Windows XP.

This petition is a call for MacroMedia to recompile Flash 7.0 for the x86_64 (and other 64-bit platforms). It’s exploding with newcomers and is able to compete with Intel processors valued at four times their cost. If you’d like to be part of the solution, sign the petition. (I’m sig number 1234.)

[2] http://www.petitiononline.com/lin64swf/

I just installed Fedora Core 4 for the AMD x86_64 CPU architecture (i.e., “arch”) and was disappointed when I found out that I would need to use a 32-bit version of Firefox in order to browse sites that have MacroMedia Flash.

This is but a minor blow to my usability. I don’t play games or watch movies in Flash, and mostly it’s a nuisance in the form of web-ads. But there are plenty of people for whom Flash movies are a full-time business, and they’re suffering because of this. This affects not only Linux users, as though it were a fringe problem, but also 64-bit Windows XP.

This petition is a call for MacroMedia to recompile Flash 7.0 for the x86_64 (and other 64-bit platforms). It’s exploding with newcomers and is able to compete with Intel processors valued at four times their cost. If you’d like to be part of the solution, sign the petition. (I’m sig number 1234.)