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On 25 Mar 2024 06:54:48 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote in <X-20240325075426@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>:

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote or quoted:

COHERENT version 4 was released in May of 1992 for $100 (around $219
in 2024). This version made COHERENT a fully 32 bit operating system
and required at least an Intel 80386 CPU and 1MB of RAM. This version
also brought official support for X Windows and MGR to COHERENT for
the first time. This version was roughly compatible with UNIX SVR3.

BTW: Probably "X Window" (the X Window System) is meant above,
not "X Windows".

BTDT: it was known as "X Windows", not "X Window".

But officially, it was (and still is) "X" or "The X Window System".

(I've been seeing a lot of folks refer to it as "X Window"
on Usenet lately -- you kids get off my lawn!)
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In article <utsq5g$14tqr$2@dont-email.me>, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote: >On 25 Mar 2024 06:54:48 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote in ><X-20240325075426@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>:

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote or quoted:

COHERENT version 4 was released in May of 1992 for $100 (around $219
in 2024). This version made COHERENT a fully 32 bit operating system
and required at least an Intel 80386 CPU and 1MB of RAM. This version >>>also brought official support for X Windows and MGR to COHERENT for
the first time. This version was roughly compatible with UNIX SVR3.

BTW: Probably "X Window" (the X Window System) is meant above,
not "X Windows".

BTDT: it was known as "X Windows", not "X Window".

But officially, it was (and still is) "X" or "The X Window System".

(I've been seeing a lot of folks refer to it as "X Window"
on Usenet lately -- you kids get off my lawn!)

I thought it was the windows system known as X?
--scott
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On 25 Mar 2024 22:54:04 -0000
kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

In article <utsq5g$14tqr$2@dont-email.me>, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:

On 25 Mar 2024 06:54:48 GMT, ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote in ><X-20240325075426@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>:

Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote or quoted:

COHERENT version 4 was released in May of 1992 for $100 (around $219
in 2024). This version made COHERENT a fully 32 bit operating system >>>and required at least an Intel 80386 CPU and 1MB of RAM. This version >>>also brought official support for X Windows and MGR to COHERENT for
the first time. This version was roughly compatible with UNIX SVR3.

BTW: Probably "X Window" (the X Window System) is meant above,
not "X Windows".

BTDT: it was known as "X Windows", not "X Window".

But officially, it was (and still is) "X" or "The X Window System".

(I've been seeing a lot of folks refer to it as "X Window"
on Usenet lately -- you kids get off my lawn!)

I thought it was the windows system known as X?

A simple name change, why are you all a-twitter?
--
Bah, and indeed Humbug.
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vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote or quoted:

BTDT: it was known as "X Windows", not "X Window".
But officially, it was (and still is) "X" or "The X Window System".

There seem to be two different linguistic points of view here:

Descriptive View

The meaning of a term is determined by how it is used by the people.

Prescriptive View

The manufacturer of a system may determine the terms, and others not.

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