Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!]

H. Peter Anvin
2003-04-27T23:03:36Z

Followup to: <m13ck3de5b.fsf@orchid.mirar.org>
By author: Mirar <mirar+linuxkernel@mirar.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Xerox. (Yes, same X as in X11, if I understand correctly.)
> I think they gave the idea away freely to Apple.
>

X was named so because it was the successor to a windowing system
named W.

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