From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: d.mercer@acfr.usyd.edu.au, 4968@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, 4968@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#4968: Emacs 23.1-gtk+ hangs Xwindows
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:38:51 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1NCfgR-0004H8-Sv@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7654b5650911221648ob181c2eg3348e3f28e96a93e@mail.gmail.com> (message from Duncan Mercer on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:48:41 +1100)
> "Xwindows" doesn't really exist :-):
>
> " The X.Org Foundation requests that the following names be used when
> referring to this software:
I have a vague recollection that this has something to with a promise
that the X Consortium made to Microsoft to settle a lawsuit.
If that is true, then although they had to ask us not to do it,
concern for them would not lead us to comply with their request.
I am not sure whether this is true, and I wouldn't necessarily trust a
statement by the X Consortium about the matter. X.Org isn't the X
Consortium either.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-23 20:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-11-19 8:51 bug#4968: Emacs 23.1-gtk+ hangs Xwindows Duncan Mercer
2009-11-20 16:37 ` Jan Djärv
2009-11-23 0:48 ` Duncan Mercer
2009-11-23 9:59 ` Jan Djärv
2009-11-23 10:04 ` Jan Djärv
2009-11-24 3:02 ` Duncan Mercer
2009-11-25 18:29 ` Jan Djärv
2009-11-23 20:38 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2009-11-25 18:35 ` bug#4968: marked as done (Emacs 23.1-gtk+ hangs Xwindows) Emacs bug Tracking System
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