[Info-vax] VMware

[Dave Froble]

On 12/12/2019 11:13 AM, Grant Taylor wrote:
> On 12/12/19 6:22 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> IA64 is also used in some places to mean the x86-64 architecture.
>
> Where are you seeing that?
>
> I've always seen IA64 (Intel Architecture 64) to be Itanium.
>
> x86-64 or x64 has been what I've seen for generic 64-bit x86 family CPUs.
>
> I also see AMD-64 as a specific reference to AMD's 64-bit x86
> implementation.  (Which as I understand it is the first 64-bit
> implementation in the x86 family.)
>
> But IA64 has always been Itanium to me.
>
>
>

Well, as far as I know, you are correct.

But, come now Grant, these are "people" we're talking about.  You know, 
humans, who can be seriously lacking.  Else, how did we get such names 
as "hard drive"?  Entities such as marketing and sales do not respect 
"official".  You'll see it every day.

Remember, there are those who's first experience with computers was 
WEENDOZE, and sure, of course, Microsoft invented computers, right? 
Heck, they didn't even invent WEENDOZE, they stole it from Xerox.

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