cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization chapter.sgml

[Kevin Oberman]

> Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 22:22:53 +0200
> From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon at FreeBSD.org>
> Sender: owner-cvs-all at freebsd.org
> 
> On 2007.04.08 18:37:20 +0000, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> > blackend    2007-04-08 18:37:20 UTC
> > 
> >   FreeBSD doc repository
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/virtualization chapter.sgml 
> >   Log:
> >   - s/X-Windows/X Window
> 
> "X Window" sounds a bit odd to me - it mainly sounds like a single
> window in X.  I think it would sound better as either "X Window
> System" (that's what X(7) says) or simply "X"?

To be properly and legally pedantic, it should be 'X window' when
referring to a single window or 'X windows' when referring to multiple
windows. The term "Windows" is a trademark of some commercial software
firm. MIT and Project Athena made it very clear that it was '"X", a
windowing system' and not X-windows.

The name "X" was simply a follow-on to the previous MIT developed system
with the more obvious name of "W".If memory serves, "W" was not Athena,
pre-dating the cooperative project that gave us X, Kerberos, and lots of
other goodies. And, it you ever had the "fun" of using "W", you will
realize that "X" is not an enhancement of "W", but a completely new
system that was far closer to being practical in the real world.

If there is any question, I can check with some of the old Athena people
to confirm or deny this. I still know where at least one of them lives
(cyber-space wise).
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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