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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Why DRM exists [was Re: Flame Linus to a crisp!]
Date: 27 Apr 2003 16:15:37 -0700
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> 
> 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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