From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,b19fa62fdce575f9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-11-30 14:22:50 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!newsfeed.rice.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!igate.rwi.com!gharvey From: gharvey@news.neosoft.com (greg harvey) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Why don't large companies use Ada? Date: 30 Nov 1994 22:19:33 GMT Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Message-ID: <3bitpl$2ae@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <3aa7jo$7j@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <784995260snz@rippleco.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: rothwell.neosoft.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: 1994-11-30T22:19:33+00:00 List-Id: Andre Spiegel (spiegel@bruessel.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de) wrote: : Michael Feldman writes: : [...] : > Berkeley Unix, X Windows, and a raft of other software things over the : ^^^^^^^^^ : [...] : I guess to someone who knows how to spell "Ada" correctly, it should : be pointed out that the official name is `the X window system' : (a window system named `X'), but certainly not `X Windows'. : (The latter suggesting a relation to `MS Windows,' which couldn't be : further from the truth of course ;-). Ooops...you've committed an out-of-thread penalty and will receive a 10 yard penalty, a technical foul, and a yellow card. Despite the desire to keep 'X' pure, the current marketing phrase is indeed 'X Windows' among TOO many companies in the US. You can't change it...and it doesn't matter. The marketers ARE in charge. Greg Harvey (gharvey@rwi.com)