Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 18:17:51 +0900 From: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> To: rsidd@online.fr Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Peeve: why "i386"? Message-ID: <20030607181751T.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030606125417.A3489@online.fr> References: <20030606125417.A3489@online.fr>
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rsidd> Debian (to take a random example): rsidd> http://www.debian.org/ports/ rsidd> Intel x86 / IA-32 (``i386'')... (other messages deleted) Please note that "(Put your favorite OS except FreeBSD) calls it ia32, so should we" is bad idea, since FreeBSD is FreeBSD :-) And, the message you mention is that "i386" is very common name for PCs, they cannot simply says it's x86 and/or IA-32. We're not teacheres of computer architecture; the name should be common to us, rather than strict meanings. -- - Makoto `MAR' Matsushita
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