Re: You mean it isn't "X Windows"???

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From: barmar
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1987 18:26

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In article <765@lll-lcc.aRpA> weldon@lll-lcc.UUCP (Jerry Weldon) writes:
>I can just imagine all these preschoolers going up to their friends and
>asking, "Can I play with your Lego Bricks and Toys?"  Riiight...  :-)

This reminds me of the Unix trademark.  The word "Unix" is officially
trademarked as an adjective.  Therefore, you must say something like
"Unix operating system", not just "Unix".

I think someone should fix USENET; the correct name for the newsgroup
should be comp.sys.unix-operating-system. :-)

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Subject: Re: You mean it isn't "X Windows"???
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Date: Tue, 28-Apr-87 14:26:05 EDT
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Posted: Tue Apr 28 14:26:05 1987
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