Re: I love Xfree

From: Kasper Dupont (kasperd_at_daimi.au.dk)
Date: 03/27/04


Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:18:14 +0100

Måns Rullgård wrote:
>
> Jeff Schwab <jeffplus@comcast.net> writes:
>
> > Does anybody else here get upset when people say "X Windows," instead
> > of "The X Windowing System," or just "X?"
>
> Insofar as it is just plain wrong, yes. I suppose most people who do
> it, just don't know better.

I think "X" is too brief and "The X Windowing System"
is too long to say each time. Perhaps I should start
saying "X11" instead of "X Windows".

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