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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: <1991Mar31.005950.21888@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 31 Mar 91 00:59:50 GMT
References: <1991Mar29.231159.24791@ico.isc.com> <1991Mar30.162932.20298@smsc.sony.com> <1991Mar30.183140.28445@crl.dec.com>
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp, San Jose, CA
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In article <1991Mar30.183140.28445@crl.dec.com> jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys) writes:
>I never heard of an "X Windowing System" or "X Windows"....

You got me on the first one (I always just say "X"), though I know I
researched the official name when I sent the letter to MacWeek, so
I must have said "X Window System" in my letter (though, again, I
can't prove that since they edited it to say "X Window").

As for "X Windows", I didn't say it was correct, I said it was common.
I hear people say "X Windows" quite often, and I see them use the term
in writing news articles.  A quick check shows 15 out of the last 400
articles (not including this discussion) in this group use the term.