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> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: the X Window System / X Windows (was Re: typo in FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc) Message-ID: <20020601040022.GA25651@madman.nectar.cc> In-Reply-To: <004201c208b6$95081480$93ec910c@daleco> References: <3CF78D95.C96C85D1@nospam.nospam.net> <004201c208b6$95081480$93ec910c@daleco>
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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, -- 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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