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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: What's in a name:  "X Window"
Message-ID: <1991Mar30.162932.20298@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 30 Mar 91 16:29:32 GMT
References: <1991Mar29.231159.24791@ico.isc.com>
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
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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 noticed it too.  In fact, I sent a letter to MacWeek magazine
responding to a pretty mean-spirited article on "X Window".  In my
letter, I noted that this wasn't considered to be proper (noting that
"X" and "The X Windowing System" are preferred, with "X Windows" in
somewhat common usage).

My letter was edited to remove this part, and all references to X were
changed to "X Window".

I figured it wasn't worth fighting over.