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Date:      Fri, 20 Feb 2004 17:16:54 +0100
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        obrien@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/gcc34 Makefile distinfo
Message-ID:  <xzpisi1sp3d.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20040220153933.GA29018@dragon.nuxi.com> (David O'Brien's message of "Fri, 20 Feb 2004 07:39:33 -0800")
References:  <200402192212.i1JMCUxx092480@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040219222006.GA19860@xor.obsecurity.org> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0402192335590.47964@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <20040220012254.GB4306@dragon.nuxi.com> <Pine.BSF.4.58.0402200945010.84681@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> <20040220153933.GA29018@dragon.nuxi.com>

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"David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> I am, but I've never demanded that FreeBSD's use of "i386" and "ia32" be
> changed.  AMD has affected the modern 32-bit x86 architecture as much as
> Intel has.  AMD paid all the millions and millions for the ISV & IHV
> support.  W/o AMD going to market with this design there would be no
> "ia32e" from Intel.  Intel had no choice and was totally forced by the
> market to do their "ia32e".  We owe honoring AMD by calling the platform
> "amd64".

I think it's only fair.  Intel created the i386 and AMD copied it; we
still call it the i386.  AMD created the amd64 and Intel copied it;
we should still call it the amd64.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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