From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jun 2 7:53:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C69D337B502 for ; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 07:52:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id HAA09644; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 07:52:27 -0700 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda09642; Sun Jun 2 07:52:12 2002 Received: from cwsys.cwsent.com (cwsys2 [10.1.2.1]) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g52EprEb029159; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 07:52:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsent.com) Received: from cwsys (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cwsys.cwsent.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g52Epfr1072860; Sun, 2 Jun 2002 07:51:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cy@cwsys.cwsent.com) Message-Id: <200206021451.g52Epfr1072860@cwsys.cwsent.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group From: Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group X-os: FreeBSD X-Sender: cy@cwsent.com To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." Subject: Re: the X Window System / X Windows (was Re: typo in FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc) In-Reply-To: Message from "Jacques A. Vidrine" of "Fri, 31 May 2002 23:00:23 CDT." <20020601040022.GA25651@madman.nectar.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 07:51:41 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <20020601040022.GA25651@madman.nectar.cc>, "Jacques A. Vidrine" writ es: > 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. I think that most people do. For example in writing I call it "X" while speaking I will say "X Windows." Why, most people that are in the IT business that I speak to in person are not what I would consider true techies and therefore would not understand just X or would look at me funny when I say X Window System, causing the conversation to go off onto a tangent, something I cannot afford on my busy schedule. -- Cheers, Phone: 250-387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: 250-387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Email: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, CITS Ministry of Management Services Province of BC FreeBSD UNIX: cy@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message