On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > * Rich Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [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
