* Andreas Jochens (aj@andaco.de) wrote: > My impression is that most people working on the Debian amd64 port > do not like the name 'amd64' very much. I never understood > why the name was changed from x86-64 to amd64 last year. How about because your impression is wrong and that most people working on the Debian amd64 port prefer the 'amd64' name? That would seem like a very logical conclusion. > > * it doesn't include unnecessary marketing connotations, and avoids > > the issue whether we even *can* use AMD's name in vain > > To use a more neutral name is really a good thing IMHO. This doesn't make a damn bit of sense, sorry. There's no such thing as a 'neutral' name when you're talking about an architecture. They're developed by companies, companies put their names in them and on them. Quit trying to bring this up as a valid point, it's not, deal with it. Stephen
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