>>>>I never heard MS say "it's impossible to make local engine with with 64-bit OS"
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>>The EOL statement did reference 64-bit involving an almost complete rewrite.
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>>Not that it matters: YAG and those others waged an effective internal campaign against a decision we now know had been made years earlier. Those dudes deserve to be bought a beer whenever an old foxer meets one of them. ;-)
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>Amen to that. YAG, Ken, Randy, all of them can all be proud of themselves for putting up the good fight. And they can be proud of themselves for something no money can buy, the respect of their peers.