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Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: [?] Why should Distros be called as i386 for a 32-bit PC, and as amd64 for a 64-bit PC, when Intel Core PCs are also 64bit systems



On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 11:03:59AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
From a purely technical perspective, it's hard to understand how Intel
managed to pour so much energy into such an obviously bad idea.
The only explanations seem all to be linked to market strategies.

They just had too much easy money coming in from the windows/x86 desktop monopoly. It took years before they really had to justify in a critical way the money they were spending.
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