[Info-vax] OpenVMS.Org quick pool

[Paul Sture]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:45:14 +0000, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:

> Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:46:41 -0700, John Wallace wrote:
> 
>>> x86 was "strictly 32 bit" too, according to Intel not all that long
>>> ago.
>>> And then when AMD64 came out, Intel had to stop saying x86 was
>>> "strictly 32 bit", and had to follow AMD's lead instead, leaving
>>> Intel's proposed "industry standard 64bit" IA64 in the long grass
>>> while AMD64 (and its Intel clone) takes over the world.
> 
>> It still faintly amuses me that where 32 bit and 64 bit downloads of
>> the same software are available, the 64 bit version has AMD64 in the
>> name.
> 
> Among others, it helps avoid the confusion of IA64.
> 
> But the architecture originated from AMD, so it seems reasonable that
> they name it.

That makes sense.  It represents a gentle reminder that Intel aren't the 
only name in the game :-)

-- 
Paul Sture