Re: [NTLK] [OT] Next Computer

From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jan 10 2002 - 14:45:52 EST


Wasn't the XP in Windows XP to stand for 'Xperience?
From a Microsoft press release:
"The XP name is short for "experience," symbolizing
the rich and extended user experiences Windows and
Office can offer by embracing Web services that span a
broad range of devices. "
Ed
web/gadget guru

--- Sunder <sunder_at_sunder.net> wrote:
>
> Unix - a play on the name of a multi user time
> sharing os named multics.
> OS X - as in OS 10 (roman numeral) duh...
> The X in NeXT doesn't mean anything. NeXT was $teve
> Jobs's "next gig".
> Linux - Linus Trovald's Unix like OS. The X means
> nothing, comes from
> unix.
>
> There is no Windows XT. There is Windows NT.
> Windows XP? Who knows. NT was New Technology. XP?
> Extra Proprietary???
> Extra Punishing? An expired pea?
>
> There is nothing in common with these.

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