Re: typo in FreeBSD-SA-02:27.rc

From: Terry Lambert (tlambert2@mindspring.com)
Date: 05/31/02 

Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 14:12:04 -0700
From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To: "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>

"Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." wrote:
> X can be called ``X'', ``X Window System'', ``X11'', and
> other terms. Calling X11 ``X Windows'' can offend some
> people; see X(1) for a bit more insight on this.
> ---FreeBSD Handbook, Ch. 5.2.1[3]
>
> Now I could be wrong about [1] and [2] but [3] seems spot
> on. Also, a recent thread on one of the lists addressed this
> issue. So, Jacques accidentally touched the "s" key, is it really
> worth complaining about?

It's worth doing it on purpose, just to identify "some people"
so that we can apply a fractional scaling factor to their
opinions. 8-). It's the content, not the form, which is
important in messages, folks.

"X Windows X Windows X Windows X Windows X Windows"

-- Terry

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