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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (89475)	10/4/1999 5:15:00 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

and I doubt "Timna" was accidental, thus my conclusion. It is like Cantor taking those poor "aleph"'s for infinity. "Shovinism", ultranationalism? ???????? I, um, am not quite sure what you mean by your post, but I think I agree........... I wanted Merced to be named the DUKEIUM, also. Duke :)

To: Zeev Hed who wrote (89475)	10/5/1999 7:04:00 AM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "Itanium, strange, sounds like the source is the same as Timna." No, it doesn't sound this way to me. Re: "Itanu" means "with us", but "eitan" means "strong" or "strong to the core" Interesting. Itanium sounds strong, solid, and reliable to me. Re: "My guess would be that this is the correct pronunciation" Message 11437601 Re: "guessing of course that the name was sourced in Israel (like Timna was, the name of the old Solomon copper mines)." Timna is a code name, not a product name. Merced is a code name, while Itanium is a product name. In high-tech, usually engineering decides the code name, while marketing decides the product name. What would be wrong with an engineering team selecting a code name which reflects one of the world's Natural Wonders in their location? Maybe Timna (copper mines in Israel) is being developed in Israel, while Merced (a city/river in California) was developed in California? Who knows. High-tech engineering teams have the creative expression and freedom to come up with any name they wish, provided it isn't offensive. I see nothing offensive about the name of a copper mine in Israel. Do you? Re: "Why would they want to lop the "T" from titanium?" Probably so it doesn't sound and doesn't resemble the Titanic in any way. Re: "I was actually serious, Intel Jerusalem have their hand in a lot of these" In the case of Merced, nothing I've read on SI would imply this to be the case, but what's your point? Re: "and I doubt "Timna" was accidental, thus my conclusion." Nothing about Timna is an accident. Re: "ultranationalism? But these brought us Americium, Germanium, Gallium, Hafnium, Scandium, Francium and a number of other nationalistic "ium" as well, so that must be the way it rolls." Zeev, I believe the "ium" in Itanium has absolutely nothing to do with nationalism, but has everything to do with brand name marketing based upon the Pentium: From www.dictionary.com: "Pentium is Intel's superscalar successor to the 486. It is called "Pentium" because it is the fifth in the 80x86 line. It would have been called the 80586 had a US court not ruled that you can't trademark a number." Amy J