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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 23:00:23 -0500
From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
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Subject: the X Window System / X Windows (was Re: typo in FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc)
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On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 10:19:37AM -0500, Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
> So, Jacques accidentally touched the "s" key, is it really
> worth complaining about?

Some people actually prefer to use the term ``X Windows'' just to
annoy pedants.  I'm not one of them, though. :-)  I actually prefer
``the X Window System'' in text, but tend to verbalize that as ``X
Windows'' -- I guess that is how it got there.

Follow-ups to freebsd-chat, which I don't read.

Cheers,
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Jacques A. Vidrine <n@nectar.cc>                 http://www.nectar.cc/
NTT/Verio SME          .     FreeBSD UNIX     .       Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net     .  nectar@FreeBSD.org  .          nectar@kth.se

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