Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 15:03:45 +0300 (IDT) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: Al Johnson <Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'uname -m' not alpha? (was Re: 'uname -m' not i586?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970905150239.9964A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <199709040827.CAA14451@obie.softweyr.ml.org>
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On Thu, 4 Sep 1997, Wes Peters wrote: > Al Johnson writes: > > My system replies with "alpha" as opposed to the suggested "axp" > > Looks like the mimicing is already taking place. > > Cool. I guess the corporate decision on the 'axp' moniker didn't make > it all the way to the Digital UNIX group. They're in another state from > HQ, and those messages sometimes get mangled crossing from Taxachussetts > into Cow Hampshire. ;^) According to the VMS FAQ, the AXP name was officially abandoned (and even newer versions of OpenVMS are called Alpha/OpenVMS, and not OpenVMS/AXP). They simply came up with the AlphaGeneration (tm) logo, that they could trademark... > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com > Nadav
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