Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 16:02:26 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Well Educated <nospam@nospam.nospam.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, Nils Holland <nils@daemon.tisys.org> Subject: Re: typo in FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc Message-ID: <20020531150226.GA35413@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <3CF79D89.6A5FF823@nospam.nospam.net> References: <3CF79D89.6A5FF823@nospam.nospam.net>
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On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 05:58:01PM +0200, Well Educated wrote: > >> "X Windows" - what is it, "XP Windows" or "Windows XP" maybe? > >> Let's use true terms to the things. > > > > Hmm, I've never been someone who likes endless debates about small bits and > > pieces which have no effect at all on, well, anything. In context of the > > Security Advisory, I don't think that writing "X Windows" instead of "X" or > > "X Window System" introduces a security hole, or makes it hard to > > understand what the Advisory is talking about. Therefore, I guess most > > people have better things to do than to worry about this one... > > I didn't say it introduces any security hole or understanding obstacle. But the term "X Windows" > just shows crass ignorance of people that use it. Insted of making flames, the typo can be simply > corrected. Perhaps it would be best if you told us exactly what you think it refers to so that we can correct you. "X Windows" is not really a typo, although I have witnessed holy wars where people insisted it should be "X Window". It's certainly nothing to do with XP. Now who's showing crass ignorance ? Ceri -- you can't see when light's so strong you can't see when light is gone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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