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Article #429re: AXP
From: Tom Allebrandi
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 19:26
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1992 19:26
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In article <27A00A11_00076BD8.0096334CAD64E4C0$203_3@UK.AC.KCL.PH.IPG>, SYSMGR@IPG.PH.KCL.AC.UK writes: > "It doesn't stand for anything". Well, we can all speculate. > I was speculating about this over the weekend... > A: Alpha, or Advanced. > Yep. > X: The marketing types know that all things being equal, putting an X > in the name makes it sell better. It's, as they say, seXy. > > In this case it alo provides a link back to the much loved VAX: in > that case it was supposed to mean eXtension ... > Actually, since the privileged instructions in the processor are tailored to the operating system by creating a PALcode set, how about eXtensible > P: Processor, or power. Advanced seX Power? Amazing the way you can think > like a marketing droid when you want to :-) :-) :-) Yep. --- Tom Tom Allebrandi | Mail guru - DECUS UUCP Development Team Inland Steel Research Labs | NFS grunt - CMU/Tek-IP East Chicago, IN | Chairperson - VMSnet Working Group, DECUS VAX SIG 219 399 6306 | Internet: allebrandi@inland.com DECUServe: allebrandi | UUCP: ...!uunet!inland!allebrandi
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!stanford.edu!unixhub!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!decwrl!simpact!inland!allebrandi Newsgroups: vmsnet.internals Subject: re: AXP Message-ID: <1992Nov9.132622.2467@inland.com> From: allebrandi@inland.com (Tom Allebrandi) Date: 9 Nov 92 13:26:22 CST References: <27A00A11_00076BD8.0096334CAD64E4C0$203_3@UK.AC.KCL.PH.IPG> Organization: Inland Steel Company; East Chicago, IN Lines: 34