Lpc2000

Hiya

> -----Original Message-----
> From: karldalen [mailto:karldalen@yahoo.se]
> Sent: 05 December 2004 01:01
> To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [lpc2000] Re: ARM - Cortex
> 
> 
> One canot rely on the grape vine obvioulsy, but odd things seams
> tho have hapend, a colleague had just read about the ARM
> name "abandonment" in one large electronics industry paper!!

Oh... might I ask which paper?
 
> > We are certainly not abandoning the ARM brand name.
> 
> That seams sound, but it seams that something has not
> been right in marketing or in the contact with the
> industry journalists or simply the journalists
> goofed again!!

:) Well, I'll see if I can find the right person at ARM to forward the
"abandonment" article to.

> Well, what about ARM C7!
> Anyhow, its a bit silly this naming thing of products,
> does it in reality sell less or more whatever the
> name are! Would Intel had sold less or more Pentium
> if the name had been Sexium, or Septium?

I'm not so sure the choice of name is the important thing. It's the
removal of ambiguity that will make our lives easier, if nothing else.
 
> >Speaking of Intel, I would argue a better
> >comparison is their change from the 80486 to
> >Pentium than from Intel to Bananas Inc.
> 
> As long as the grape grape vine was talking about
> product name, yes i agree, but the g-vine was also
> about change of company name too!
> 
> I still like Bananas Inc instead if Intel! :-)

Of course, they would have to make sure they didn't slip up on their new
name... 

Tim

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