wohler@sapwdf.UUCP (Bill Wohler) (04/03/91)
this message from jim made me chuckle. but don't tell him i was the one who gave ibm a clue... --bw wohler@sap-ag.de From: jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: What's in a name: "X Window" Date: 30 Mar 91 18:31:40 GMT Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab > In article <1991Mar29.231159.24791@ico.isc.com> scottw@ico.isc.com (Scott Wiesner) writes: > >For a long time, everyone seemed to refer to X as X Windows. There > >were lots of comments explaining it's not called X Windows, it's a > >window system called X. In the last year or so, I've seen many references > >in magazines to "X Window". I never heard of an "X Windowing System" or "X Windows".... How about "X Window System"? Look at it this way; the companies/magazines/people who get it wrong makes it easy to identify those who don't know anything about X or X11... Therefore easy to ignore... If they didn't get it wrong, it would be much harder to identify the amateurs... - Jim Gettys