platform/pc64 will be dropped

Martin P. Hellwig xng at xs4all.nl
Thu Aug 23 04:45:17 PDT 2007


Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
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This, however, leaves us with an awkward name.  Pc32 for x86_64?  The 
pc32 name always seemed wrong.  How about calling it "ibm-pc"?  After 
all, that's the basic architecture, since almost 20 years.  Actually, 
the more I think about it, the more it makes sense it me.
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+1, This does make more sense then pc32, after all it has been all about 
being compatible to IBM, in the early years that is, indeed now 25 years 
ago :-).

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