Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 15:57:06 -0400 (EDT) From: yossman <yossman@yoss.canweb.net> To: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@apfel.de> Cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ACK! 'X Windows'?! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970618155635.11516D-100000@yoss.canweb.net> In-Reply-To: <p1i7mfz31ch.fsf@campa.panke.de>
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i stand corrected. my apologies. ;-) still, 'X Windows' it ain't. yossman On 13 Jun 1997, Wolfram Schneider wrote: > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yossarian Holmberg (yossman) yossman@canweb.net System Administrator, National Online http://www.canweb.net/~yossman/ my statements are my own, not my employer's -- i do not speak for them. '... and if i die, before i learn to speak .. can money pay for all the days i've lived awake but half asleep?' -- Primitive Radio Gods, "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand"
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