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On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Olivier Crête <tester@g.o> wrote: |
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> I really don't see the problem with AMD64, why it would be more wrong |
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> than ia32 or x86 (based on Intel's product numbers!). AMD64 was invented |
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> by AMD and they get to pick the name for it. The keyword amd64 in Gentoo |
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> when Intel was still dismissing AMD64... |
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I agree completely with Olivier, we use x86 based on Intel numbering, |
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because it was they who created it. We use amd64 because it was AMD |
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and not Intel who made the breakthrough. It is not only technically |
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correct, but also morally correct, by giving attribution |
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Ioannis Aslanidis |
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