On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 07:34:03AM -0700, Dan Hettena wrote:
> > > That would be fine if powerpc were changed to power.
> >
> > Um.. why? I thought the name of the actual architecture was "PowerPC"
> > and that "power" was just an IBM brand name (where POWER3 and later in
> > the line are PowerPC architecture compliant).
>
> "Power" has been the name of the architecture ever since 2.03.
>
> "PowerPC" was the name of the Server architecture only through 2.02
> (and also of the original AIM architecture). AFAIK, all new
> implementations of the Power Architecture outside IBM's 4xx line
> avoid using the "PowerPC" name.
Huh. Shows how up to date I am. Ok, "power" it is.
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