Re: proper names for architectures

[Loic Prylli <Loic.Prylli@ens-lyon.fr>]

Nikita Schmidt writes:
 > On Thursday,  4 Mar, nshimizu wrote:
 > > Hi,
 > > 
 > > I believe that the architecture name should be "Alpha AXP".
 > > Most published manual use it for the architecture name.
 > > 
 > 
 > No, AXP is being decommissioned.  I believe you won't find the word AXP
 > in any of the recent manuals, except where they refer to the older
 > documentation.
 > 
 > I would vote for just "Alpha".  Unlike Alpha AXP, it is not a trademark
 > though, but I don't think it must be.
 > 

I would also vote for plain "Alpha".

Compaq is too new in the game to be sure we can yet safely associate
it with Alpha.  When you look at
http://www.compaq.com/BetterAnswers/story.html, given the ability they
show there not to mention the absorbed Digital (who probably deserve
all credits for the stuff), it means they can as quickly dissociate
their name from Alpha activities if they feel the need.

Loic