X11R7.5 has been released

Posted Oct 27, 2009 5:26 UTC (Tue) by pivot (guest, #588)
Parent article: X11R7.5 has been released

Just curious, doesn't the Direct X11 name infringe on the X11 name?

X11R7.5 has been released

Posted Oct 27, 2009 7:51 UTC (Tue) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501) [Link] (3 responses)

Not only that. There are those who use ancient 80-s technology (X10) for home automation. That's also a clear violation of well-established X marks :-)

X11R7.5 has been released

Posted Oct 27, 2009 10:30 UTC (Tue) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

That one actually did cause me confusion. I spent some time thinking people had somehow repurposed an obsolete remote display protocol for power control (who knows why they picked it, maybe they particularly liked extra roundtrips to the server over the mains? ;) )

X11R7.5 has been released

Posted Oct 27, 2009 20:09 UTC (Tue) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link]

The power-line control protocol predates the obsolete windowing system by a good 10 years. :)

X11R7.5 has been released

Posted Oct 27, 2009 13:37 UTC (Tue) by mosfet (guest, #45339) [Link]

Even Apple has joined the party with OS X. Maybe we need to open some X files?