[Qgis-user] [OSM-talk] QGIS v MapInfo observations

[Alister Hood]

> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:43:45 +0100
> From: Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net>
> Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] [OSM-talk] QGIS v MapInfo observations
> To: <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
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>  agreed.
>
>  Comparing a software running in WINE against a native application is 
>  hardly very useful. Also - if the machine has 16 Gig RAM he is probably 
>  running a 64bit version with more RAM in Linux while MapInfo in WINE is 
>  most likely running in 32bit.
>
>  Personally, I would not spread such comparisons if they aren't really 
>  sound and fair.
>
>  Andreas

Unless I'm mistaken, Mapinfo does not have a 64bit version, so in that respect the comparison would be completely fair ;)