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Date:      Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:13:38 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, Jim Mock <jim@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: www/en index.sgml
Message-ID:  <20000731121338.A73506@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20000730144906.A40081@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@freebsd.org on Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 02:49:06PM -0700
References:  <200007290811.BAA19838@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000730111842.C1676@cichlids.cichlids.com> <20000730144906.A40081@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 02:49:06PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 11:18:42AM +0200, Alexander Langer wrote:
> > Hmm.  Not sure if "DEC Alpha" is still quite correct.
> > Are they really still called "DEC Alpha"?
> 
> Probably not.  BUT this is what has the most recognition.  Since DEC in
> their *infinite* wisdom picked such a shitty name, we should do all we
> can to keep people from thinking "alpha" as in early test versions of
> software.

The official name is and has always been Alpha/AXP 

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Wilko Bulte  	 					wilko@freebsd.org			


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