Re: x86-64 mailing list
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
> * Rich Payne <rdp@talisman.mv.com> [030424 13:43]:
> > > 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.
>
> So the important question is: should we adopt the architecture name to
> amd64, before there are any more deb packages created?
or would that just create confusion as the within the kernel it's known as
x86-64, and the current website it x86-64.org? I noticed that AMD does own
AMD64.com as well, but doesn't seem to have done anything with it (as
yet).
--rdp
Rich Payne
http://talisman.mv.com
rdp at talisman dot mv dot com
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