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  1. Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!horga!moepi.do.open.de!bernward
  3. From: bernward@moepi.do.open.de (Bernward Averwald)
  4. Subject: Re: Why do people call it X-windowS?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec16.102512.635@moepi.do.open.de>
  6. Organization: Home
  7. References: <1992Dec15.195043.8442@midway.uchicago.edu>
  8. Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 10:25:12 GMT
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  11. In article <1992Dec15.195043.8442@midway.uchicago.edu> ejw1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
  12. >I remember reading somewhere that the creators of X cringed everytime they 
  13. >heard someone refer to the windowing system as 'X-windows', instead of 
  14. >simply 'X-window'.  Does anybody have a reference for the quote?  Is there any 
  15. >other source for pointing out to people the error of their ways?
  16.  
  17. Yes, there is (RTFM):
  18.  
  19. $ man X11
  20.  
  21. ...
  22.      The X Consortium requests that the following names  be  used
  23.      when referring to this software:
  24.  
  25.                                   X
  26.                            X Window System
  27.                              X Version 11
  28.                      X Window System, Version 11
  29.                                  X11
  30.  
  31. ...
  32.  
  33.  
  34. Bernward
  35. -- 
  36. Bernward Averwald, Heinrichstr. 42, D-4600 Dortmund 1, Voice: +49 231 144048
  37. FAX: +49 231 144047, email: bernward@moepi.do.open.de               b@rcc.de
  38.                Lange Hunde, Kurze Menschen - von Schmidt
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