docbook: MS Word to XML
Subject:
Re: MS Word to XML
From:
jdd ####@####.####
Date:
14 Nov 2003 13:15:58 -0000
Message-Id: <3FB4D569.7070407@dodin.net>
Martin WHEELER wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Saqib Ali wrote:
>
>
>>Currently I dont have XWindows on my box
>
>
> Just a quick interjection on terminology from a pedant (this is a
> tech. writers' forum, right?) -- the GUI I think you're referring to is
> known as 'X'; or perhaps 'the X windowing system'.
>
> But 'XWindows'?
>
> NEVER.
>
> (And apart from distaste, there are valid legal reasons to not use this
> bastard term.)
>
> Cheers,
as a small summary and after a good remark from a friend, I try (try
only) to systematically write "MS Windows" where I think "windows (from
microsoft)".
notice that for foreigners, the word "windows" don't have the same
feeling as for english speaking people).
jdd
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