Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 09:31:40 +0100 From: "Jonathan Belson" <jon@witchspace.com> To: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Next STABLE release going to be 4.4? Message-ID: <004b01c0d219$297ac160$650e850a@innovisiongroup.com> References: <20010430115213P.jkh@osd.bsdi.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20010430142817.00afcfb8@pop.schulte.org> <87lmoicc9n.fsf@thanatos.shenton.org> <20010430180108.A10937@cec.wustl.edu> <022101c0d1cf$2a024080$931576d8@inethouston.net>
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Hiya > > Now what about the P4? Is that still the 686 core? If so, the situation > > is even worse now. So while Pentium 5 isn't inherently stupid (it's just > > a fifth-generation pentium), it is bad for Intel because it's really the > > sixth generation of Pentium chip, and it might be called a 686, 786, or > > even 886. > > > > Boy, now I'm really confused. What ever happened to simple numbers? > > Intel would rather copyright something than make it simple. Its easy to > market something called the pentium and its harder to compare against a > competitor. The amusing thing is that he logical successor to the 'Pentium' would be called the 'Sexium'. -- C-YA Jon <http://www.witchspace.com>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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