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From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>
To: Al Johnson <Al.Johnson@AJC.State.Net>
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Subject: Re: 'uname -m' not alpha? (was Re: 'uname -m' not i586?)
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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.  ;^)

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          "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                       Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr                       softweyr@xmission.com