Re: x86-64 mailing list
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
> * Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <jsogo@debian.org> [030424 03:56]:
> > Though I think that a debian-x86-64 list is worth you can open a
> > project in alioth in the interim. You could use it also to have a CVS
> > repo for patches or packages you need to build.
>
> I thought this was a good idea. And since there was no such list yet I
> requested the creation of 'debian-x86-64'. It will take 72 hours to
> setup, I will reply to this thread when it's ready.
>
> On a side note, it would seem that the 'x86-64' branding may be dropped
> in favor of 'AMD64'.
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9133
> (7th paragraph)
>
> The Inquirer is not always right, so I am not sure if I should take that
> as truth or just rumors.
I think they're right this time. Most of the press releases that have gone
out mention AMD64 instead of x86-64, and the marketing info at amd.com all
mentions AMD64 as well.
--rdp
Rich Payne
http://talisman.mv.com
rdp at talisman dot mv dot com
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