Date: 13 Jun 1997 00:25:50 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de> To: yossman <yossman@yoss.canweb.net> Cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ACK! 'X Windows'?! Message-ID: <p1i7mfz31ch.fsf@campa.panke.de> In-Reply-To: yossman's message of Thu, 12 Jun 1997 15:45:58 -0400 (EDT) References: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970612154311.26056D-100000@yoss.canweb.net>
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yossman <yossman@yoss.canweb.net> writes: > on http://www.freebsd.org/applications.html, > > 'X Windows workstation. From an inexpensive X terminal to an advanced X > display, FreeBSD works quite well.' > > PLEASE PLEASE don't call it 'X Windows'. at the VERY least change that to > 'X Windowing System workstation'. i sympathize with the X consortium, who > has tried to make it very clear they do not want it to be called 'X > Windows'. the only two real names for the system is either just 'X' or ^^^ > 'The X Windowing System'. ^^^uh There are five legal names. It is easy to verify, just type `man X' ;-) The X Consortium requests that the following names be used when referring to this software: X X Window System X Version 11 X Window System, Version 11 X11 X Window System is a trademark of X Consortium, Inc. -- Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de> http://www.apfel.de/~wosch/
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