Change PC to Win or Windows

Derek Martin code at pizzashack.org
Mon Jul 21 12:12:41 EDT 2008


On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:34:41PM -0700, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:14:43 -0400, Derek Martin <code at pizzashack.org>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
> > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 03:46:13PM -0700, Joel Teichroeb wrote:
> > > Calling Windows PC seems to be something that Apple did so they would 
> > > not have to directly mention Windows. 
> > 
> > Actually it's something IBM did when they created the IBM PC.  Of
> 
> Bah... PC was short for Personal Computer... 

I'm well aware... congratulations on completely missing the point.  I
was describing how the term PC has become synonimous with Windows
machines.

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Derek D. Martin
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