On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, John O'Gorman wrote:
> Allan Rae wrote:
> >
> This is starting to get boring isn't it?
No, we've barely scratched the surface!
> But I can't resist 1 more fling. The X of X Window (which was an upgrade
> from the W Window system) is put at the beginning of words (Xfig, Xalan,
> Xinetd, and others). Have you ever seen it put at the end?
What about products like eXceed or other apps like Applix (different
situation admittedly)?
> And if it were the case that LyX was really Ly + X, what would the Ly
> mean?
Have you never heard of people inventing new words?
Small businesses do it all the time. Name like "Kwik Kopy". Neither is a
real word. Neither would submit to your analysis. So why can't we
engineers and computer scientists also invent new words like LyX?
> Are you sure that both you and they were sober whem you received this
> piece of linguistic arcana 5 year's ago?
>
> I presume that when X window has 2 major upgrades, it will become Z
> Window and you will be able use the mark of Zorro for it.
Maybe but we might leave the X behind as a mark of respect for history.
> John O'Gorman
> >
> > It would if it weren't for the fact that the X was meant to reflect the X
> > in X-Windows. At least that is what I was told when I first joined the
> > team about 5 years ago.
> > So is the X in X-Windows an X, a Xi, a Chi or the mark of a very drunk
> > Zorro?
> >
> > Allan. (ARRae)
>
Allan. (ARRae)
