Messages in this thread | | | From | Jesse Pollard <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Re: Linux in the News! WooHoo! | Date | Wed, 22 Jan 2003 17:15:59 -0600 |
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On Wednesday 22 January 2003 04:38 pm, John Bradford wrote: > > > 2 for "X Window" > > > 10 for "X Windows" > > > 13 for Motif > > > > Unfoturnely the search engines are not that good. > > Actually, they are not that inaccurate, considering that there is no > such thing as "X Windows". > > The name of the software you are refering to is The X Window System, > or just X. The version that is commonly in use these days is often > called X11R6, X11, or R6. > > Why is this mistake almost never mentioned, and yet the discussions > about whether Linux or GNU/Linux is the correct never seem to stop? > > John.
Yes - I knew about that mistake, which is what I assumed when I made the query. HR droids insist on putting the "s" on it because it "just rolls off the tongue" so easily. It is also because M$ shoves the word as belonging to them so hard in their advertising.
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