Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64

[Adrian Bunk]

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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