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Re: Canon printer minor quibble



On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 03:49:23PM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> "CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by
> Apple Inc. for macOS® and other UNIX®-like operating systems."
> 
> which is stretching the truth IMHO, given the normal meaning of "for",
> "and", and "other", written in that order. Calling it "Common UNIX
> Printing System" would blow that out of the water.

Their use of "developed by" is rather jaw-dropping as well.  Perhaps
they mean it in the sense of "maintained by", but I think most people
would read it as "created by" which is blatantly untrue.


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