Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:03:36 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64 |
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On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 07:12:20PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: >... > Actually, I'm a bit disgusted at Intel for not even _mentioning_ AMD in > their documentation or their releases, so I'd almost be inclined to rename > the thing as "AMD64" just to give credit where credit is due. However, > it's just not worth the pain and confusion. >...
In the long term, x86_64 creates more confusion: - SuSE says AMD64 [1] - RedHat says AMD64 [2] - Debian says AMD64 [3]
Renaming might be some work today, but it might actually remove confusion in the future.
> Linus
cu Adrian
[1] http://www.suse.com/us/business/products/server/sles/amd64.html [2] http://www.redhat.com/software/rhel/comparison/ [3] http://www.debian.org/ports/
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