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		p_ing 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 7-Zip for Windows can now use more than 64 CPU thr... They successfully killed off vendor unicies in the 90s, but that was thanks to cheap x86.

monocasa 5 months ago [–]

That was what stuck, but supporting the big servers was also part of their multifaceted strategy. That's why the alpha, itanium, powerpc, and mips ports existed.

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