[64studio-devel] 64studio project naming

[Quentin Harley]

mmmmna wrote:
> I realize that AMD is considered to be the current market leader for
> CPUs and all, but the light is getting brighter... there just might be
> a deeper reason for naming the 64 Studio 1.2.0 ISO as 'AMD64'.
>
> I'm seeing this 'AMD64' designation everywhere and I'm wondering if I
> need to ask the obvious question:  Why are developers calling their
> product 'AMD64'?
>
>   
Hi mmmmna,

Just because they were first.  Because some people still call any vacuum 
cleaner a "hoover".  Thats why.
> EM64T seems to be supported, and yet nobody calls their distro:
> "Boogityboo-.099_EM64T".
>
>   
In a weird twist, Intel started to follow AMD in their naming 
conventions.  We always had "Intel compatible" AMD.  Now we have AMD 
compatible Intel.
> No, I see I'm not just curious, I'm more worried what acts of noobish
> I'm committing.
>   
As long as you don't start with "MS compatible 64 Studio" you should be OK!

Regards,
Quentin