wxWindows changes name

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Tim Roberts <timr at probo.com> (TR) wrote:

TR> Ben Finney <bignose-hates-spam at and-benfinney-does-too.id.au> wrote:
>> 
>> Just when we thought things were looking up on the whole "Windows as a
>> trademark" for something that Microsoft didn't originate in the first
>> place.
>> 
>> The wxWindows project have announced that they are changing their name
>> to wxWidgets, specifically to avoid problems with the Microsoft product
>> name.

TR> That's enough to make a guy angry.  Not at Julian or Robin, but at the
TR> bozos at Microsoft who have the unmitigated gall to suggest that ANY use of
TR> the word "windows" could possibly have any impact on their galactic empire.

TR> Did you hear about the teenager named Mike Rowe, who decided to call his
TR> little company "Mike Rowe Soft"?  When he registered his domain, the
TR> Redmond lawyers came a-knocking, demanding money.  Fortunately, the bad
TR> press caused them to change their mind in this case.

So what will happen to the X Window system, often referred to as XWindows.
And what about the comp.windows.x newsgroup hierarchy?
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