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Subject:Re: X-Windows or X Windows?? From:Estella Clifford <cliff -at- FP -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 9 Jun 1997 16:26:31 EST
In reply to:
>
>Which is correct, "X-Windows," or "X Windows?" I say "Windows-based
>applications," should I say "X-Windows-based applications," or "X
>Windows-based applications?"
>
>I am actually sending this from an address other than my subscription
>address, so PLEASE copy me (gjones -at- vsi -dot- com) in replies. I need to know
>right away. T very much IA!
>
>Gila Jones --- gjones -at- vsi -dot- com
>
Gila,
"X Window System", without a hyphen, is how MIT uses it in its
trademark. (I.e., "X Window System is a trademark of the Massachusetts
Institure of Technology.")
If it were me, I would say "X Windows-based applications".
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Estella
(clifford -at- fp -dot- com)
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