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to: STEWART ROTHMAN
from: ADAM ALSOP
date: 1997-02-26 00:00:00
subject: For what it is worth

Stewart,
SR>Sorry, you may be a lawyer, but my information does not agree with your
SR>statements. Why don't you check with Intel and you will discover that they
SR>called their, then new, processor chip Pentium, (Penta is six) because the
I missed this the first time you mentioned it - but Penta is 5, not 6 - 
Hexa is 6:  PENTAgonal (ie, Pentagon), HEXAgonal (hexagon).
They got PENTium from it being a 586 chip, and I >assume< they wanted 
something just a bit jazzier for the name in order to attract the public 
and boost sales - which it certainly did.
						--- Adam
adam.alsop@juno.com
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