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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!charon.amdahl.com!pacbell.com!mips!darwin.sura.net!europa.asd.contel.com!news.ans.net!rpi!newsserver.pixel.kodak.com!kodak!clpd.kodak.com!thomas
  3. From: thomas@serum.clpd.Kodak.Com (bulli@kodak.com)
  4. Subject: Re: Intel's P5 -- bad news!
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug19.161139.12716@clpd.kodak.com>
  6. Sender: news@clpd.kodak.com
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: obelix
  8. Reply-To: bulli@kodak.com
  9. Organization: Eastman Kodak Company - Clinical Products Division
  10. References:  <1992Jun29.110725.13487@husc3.harvard.edu>
  11. Distribution: clpd
  12. Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 16:11:39 GMT
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  15. In article <1992Jun29.110725.13487@husc3.harvard.edu>, jiu1@husc9.harvard.edu (Haibin Jiu) writes:
  16. |> This past Saturday's New York Times reported that Intel has
  17. |> decided NOT to name their new microprocessor the 586, to
  18. |> differentiate their product line from those of their compe-
  19. |> titors, as the name x86 has become too generic.
  20. |> 
  21. |> I think this is stupid of Intel, since 80x86 has become fam-
  22. |> iliar to the average computer user as the name Earth to every
  23. |> earth-dweller.  If the report is true and Intel does not change
  24. |> its mind before it releases P5, we will probably have a hard
  25. |> time adjusting to the new name.
  26. |> 
  27. |> Opinions solicited.
  28. |> 
  29. |> Bugs
  30.  
  31. Bluntly spoken - who cares?
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