Re: Debian Weekly News - 12 to 18 Jan 1999

[Brandon Mitchell <bhmit1@mail.wm.edu>]

On 20 Jan 1999, Achim Oppelt wrote:

> Just one minor criticism:
> 
> >      * For all those interested in XFree 3.3.3, Ben Gertzfield [15]posted
> >        that the Debian JP group has made their own 3.3.3 packages. They
> >        can be found at [16]ftp.debian.or.jp. Your mileage may vary, but
> >        it may be something to try before pulling you hair out when the
> >        binaries from the XFree group give you problems.
> 
> The name of the product is XFree86 (even though it is no longer i86
> specific). And the name of the group of people creating it is The Xfree86
> Project, Inc. While such points certainly don't matter in informal
> discussions on mailing lists, I think that it would be a good idea to get
> the terms right in a more or less official newsletter.

Woops, sorry, that was my bad.  And I was debating whether to call it X or
XFree.  I'll be more careful next time.

Thanks,
Brandon

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