From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 6 02:44:58 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB79737B404 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 02:44:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta03ps.bigpond.com (mta03ps.bigpond.com [144.135.25.157]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1288F43FCB for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 02:44:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ian.pulsford@bigpond.com) Received: from thegn ([144.135.25.87]) by mta03ps.email.bigpond.com (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.14 (built Mar 18 2003)) with SMTP id <0HG200GRR0D9NL@mta03ps.email.bigpond.com> for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2003 19:43:58 +1000 (EST) Received: from ess-p-144-138-77-91.mega.tmns.net.au ([144.138.77.91]) by psmam07.bigpond.com(MailRouter V3.2g 119/2902810); Fri, 06 Jun 2003 19:43:57 +0000 Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 19:44:17 +1000 From: Ian Pulsford In-reply-to: <20030605165217.A388@online.fr> X-X-Sender: ianp@thegn.werod.net To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-id: <20030606193615.L26813@thegn.werod.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT References: <20030605165217.A388@online.fr> Subject: Re: Peeve: why "i386"? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 09:44:59 -0000 I know what is meant by "i386" as do a zillion other people. 10 years ago so did the same people. If "i386" has gone out of fashion because "ia64" is about to hit mainstream, then it seems a load of work for something whose fate is only *about* to become "2nd-streamish". Ian