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  1. Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!think.com!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ufo!kaleb
  3. From: kaleb@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
  4. Subject: Re: Why do people call it X-windowS?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec16.163041.28402@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>
  6. Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)
  7. References: <1992Dec15.195043.8442@midway.uchicago.edu>
  8. Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:30:41 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. >
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  18. Tell them that it's a window system called X, a.k.a. the X Window System.
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  22. Kaleb Keithley                               kaleb@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov
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