> Hi STEWART ROTHMAN, Top o' the morning to ya!
> 24-Feb-97 05:30, STEWART ROTHMAN wrote to Bill Newman
> Subject: For what it is worth...
> SR> Memphis as there is a problem copyrighting a number. That's why Intel
> did
> SR> not
> SR> produce a 686 chip. They produced a Pentium instead. That way nobody
> else
> SR> can
> SR> produce a copy NAMED THE SAME. (Penta is six).
> Running the risk of being offtopic:
> Intel called it Pentium instead of 586. Take a look at Pentagon -
> it is certainly not hexagonal - with six edges.
> Penta is five, hexa is six. :)
This just shows further that Stewart is not totally cognizant of what he is
writing. ::sigh::
Lawrence,
Moderator, MS_WORD
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